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I said I would, so here is My lame little write-up on installing a
98-01 ACURA INTEGRA JDM CHROME SHORT SHIFTER in a Festiva
First you need to remove is the bolt liking the shift lever to the shift rod. It is found under the car in the tunnel the exhaust runs down. Remove the 12mm nut and pull out the bolt, pull hard it can be stubborn. Now you need to remove the shift boot. If you have the full console this means removing the console. If not, just twist off the shift handle and pull the boot off. There is a rubber seal around the base of the shift lever, pull that up and off. Now you are probably looking at a greasy mess. If you wipe some of that muck off you will see the top of the retainer spring. The very end of the top coil has a spot to stick a screwdriver so you can pry the top coil towards to shift lever shaft. The spring should pop out. Now grab the shift lever and give it a good sharp tug up. This should pull the whole assembly up and out of the housing. There will be a thin white bushing on top of the ball, a thicker white bushing on the bottom of the ball and a dust seal and boot below that. Remove the top bushing by lifting it off the shaft. The bottom bushing has a split on the side so you can remove it by spreading it out. And the boot you will need to work off over the tube at the bottom of the lever that the bolt ran thru, careful now, its old. Get all the parts good and clean, and remove all old grease. Give all parts a nice coat of grease except the spring and install on the new shifter in the same order it came off the old one. Drop it in, boot down, pressing lightly to seat the bottom seal. Place the spring on the shaft. Press down until you can wedge the top coil under the lip of the housing. The short shifter ball is larger than the stock ball so I had to press the second coil down with a flat head screwdriver to give it room to seat. Push a little grease into the spring, reinstall the top seal and shift boot. Get back under the car. My kit came with a bolt but it was too short so had to get a longer one at the hardware store for .90. Torque to spec, and enjoy the ride!
98-01 ACURA INTEGRA JDM CHROME SHORT SHIFTER in a Festiva
First you need to remove is the bolt liking the shift lever to the shift rod. It is found under the car in the tunnel the exhaust runs down. Remove the 12mm nut and pull out the bolt, pull hard it can be stubborn. Now you need to remove the shift boot. If you have the full console this means removing the console. If not, just twist off the shift handle and pull the boot off. There is a rubber seal around the base of the shift lever, pull that up and off. Now you are probably looking at a greasy mess. If you wipe some of that muck off you will see the top of the retainer spring. The very end of the top coil has a spot to stick a screwdriver so you can pry the top coil towards to shift lever shaft. The spring should pop out. Now grab the shift lever and give it a good sharp tug up. This should pull the whole assembly up and out of the housing. There will be a thin white bushing on top of the ball, a thicker white bushing on the bottom of the ball and a dust seal and boot below that. Remove the top bushing by lifting it off the shaft. The bottom bushing has a split on the side so you can remove it by spreading it out. And the boot you will need to work off over the tube at the bottom of the lever that the bolt ran thru, careful now, its old. Get all the parts good and clean, and remove all old grease. Give all parts a nice coat of grease except the spring and install on the new shifter in the same order it came off the old one. Drop it in, boot down, pressing lightly to seat the bottom seal. Place the spring on the shaft. Press down until you can wedge the top coil under the lip of the housing. The short shifter ball is larger than the stock ball so I had to press the second coil down with a flat head screwdriver to give it room to seat. Push a little grease into the spring, reinstall the top seal and shift boot. Get back under the car. My kit came with a bolt but it was too short so had to get a longer one at the hardware store for .90. Torque to spec, and enjoy the ride!
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