Crashtd420 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Thanks Mike your knowledge is awesome... Should be good getting what I need for this swap.... seems straight forward... time will tell..... thanks Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Here's a quick follow up question... which shifter would be best for the 71b in a 521.. This one... Or number 2 I like the second one but not sure about either really.... Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 The firewall at work won't allow me to see pictures. This is really a personal preference. Shifter should be in comfortable reach without leaning over or forward and clear the bench seat. I like close to the steering wheel. I'll look when I get home. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Whatever one will clear the bench seat, I never seen the second one with that profile before, but I have not been looking either. This is with the bench seat all the way back as far as it will go, it's in either 2nd, 4th, or reverse, slide the seat forward and it will not go into any of them gears. Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Only looking because i have too .. wish I could find the thread where I saw the second one... it was someones 720 I like it because it seems move vertical .. I think the first one is from a Z car... wayno yours even looks to have a different curve.. what's the transmission? Was the shifter modified at all? Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 You can put in a vice and bend them. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Only looking because i have too .. wish I could find the thread where I saw the second one... it was someones 720 I like it because it seems move vertical .. I think the first one is from a Z car... wayno yours even looks to have a different curve.. what's the transmission? Was the shifter modified at all? It's just a 5 spd shift lever like in the photo below on the right out of a late 620/early 720, it is not bent, most of them look like that. That photo is of my 1966 Datsun 520 with an L20b/5spd, that is a longshaft 5spd because I planned and did put bucket seats in the truck, that very shift lever issue is why 521 owners want the dogleg 5spd out of the 200SX(77 thru 79) as the shift lever is 5 inches farther forward, but I king-cabbed that 520, so I wasn't worried about the shift lever being farther forward, fact is I was tired of leaning forward to get it in 5th gear on the 521 diesel kingcab. The late Nissan 720 shift lever I am used to seeing is on the left in the photo below, early Datsun 720 on the right, I don't know where that late shift lever came from in your post with that tight double bend. Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Maybe this will help you? Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Ok I get the different bends thanks but what about the bottom... do both styles bolt in? Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 As long as you have the plastic bushing to fill the rectangle, yes they are interchangeable between the styles. Quote Link to comment
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