LETSLA Short Shifter Linkage

[vao4v]

I'll go for a kit. Probably doing PayPal.

[Addictedto]

I'm in for one. Paypal sent. I have my own lift so I should be able to take some good pics for ya.

[craracer]

I didn't take any because most of my time was spent staring at the garage ceiling while performing painful blind maneuvers in contorted positions. Now I see why he had such difficulty attaining respectable photos of the process.

[Dragon]

Installed my kit last night. Absolutely love it... I have 2 herniated disks that are friggen killing me at the moment from doing the install, but it was worth the pain. I would highly recommend this to anyone that drives the crap out of their car.

[MickOpalak]

Originally Posted by TroyLotus

RE LOG29: I want to go. I just need to look up all the details.

All the details can be found at LOG 29

[dma550]

Originally Posted by Dragon

Installed my kit last night. Absolutely love it... I have 2 herniated disks that are friggen killing me at the moment from doing the install, but it was worth the pain. I would highly recommend this to anyone that drives the crap out of their car.

Cool! How long did it take you start to finish?

[OrlandoGT]

I have a quick question regarding this product...is there any relationship between the throw length selected and the reduced sloppiness of the stock shifting mechanism?

I ask this question because I plan to stay near the stock shift length, but want to tighten up my shifter.

Thanks.

[TroyLotus]

The ball bearings on the linkages and rod end bearings are what take out most of the slop. There is still some in the cable as all push pull cables have some loss of motion in them. So there will be less slop for sure, but I have not found that the throw length you choose it will feel the same except for throw length.

I have a quick question regarding this product...is there any relationship between the throw length selected and the reduced sloppiness of the stock shifting mechanism?

I ask this question because I plan to stay near the stock shift length, but want to tighten up my shifter.

Thanks
I will check this out for sure.

All the details can be found at LOG 29

[jim-clayton]

Has any done a 2005 Elise?

I didn't see a rectangular plastic cover on my cross-gate lever.

My cross-gate lever end has wear marks. Looks like my car never had a cover.

[craracer]

Yes, it does look like you have wear. I had the black piece on my '05.

The piece, when attached to the crossgate arm, fits into a small slot on the transmission. My piece came off the arm and was stuck in the small slot (happened when I removed the assembly). Took me forever to find the piece.

[elisesile]

Good info guys...I ordered one of these kits and have a low milage '05. What is the "rectangular plastic cover"? What should us '05 owners be wary of before we install?

Thanks!

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by dma550

Cool! How long did it take you start to finish?

Took me about 3hrs, but that was with a bunch of smoke breaks to alleviate some back pain. My cable bracket was a bit of a PITA due to my oil catch tank being some what in the way. To top it off my E-break handle allen set screws are stripped. This cause a ass load of fun with trying to pull up the center console to adjust cables.

Last night I did a 5 hr drive around the island with LOTS of shifting. This new shift linkage is smooth, crisp and solid. I would highly suggest trying the settings it ships with before playing around with other settings. I figured I would try the base setting and then go from there, but after driving it with the settings it came in I'm not even going to dick around with it. It's perfect the way he ships it. For anyone who may be holding out this mod is worth every penny and then some.

[craracer]

What is the "rectangular plastic cover"? What should us '05 owners be wary of before we install?

If you look at Jim's post #243 you will see a photo of the end of the cross gate arm. There is a small black plastic rectangular piece that fits on the "nub" protruding from the arm.

The black plastic piece is small, and easily slides off the end of the "nub". It can fall off when removing the arm, and given it's size, could easily be lost.

This black piece, when attached to the cross gate, fits into a groove on the transmission (sorry, I don't know the technical name for the part it slides into). You won't be able to see where the groove is, but you can feel it with your fingers.

Just a note: As I recall, the instructions state to remove the 2 "Allen" screws holing the center console in. On my vehicle, they were actually torx screws.

I found it easier to remove the cup holder and shroud between the seats to facilitate removal of the center console. Given the length of the shift lever and positioning of the dash, I was unable to lift the console up enough. Removing the cup holder and releasing the C-clips from the transmission cables made it much more easy. There is one phillips screw in the bottom of the cup holder, and two phillips screws holding the shroud in place.

[TroyLotus]

Jim
All the cars come with the plastic black piece and the wear marks are there from that. Mine looks like that also when I took it out. When I did one install I dropped the piece also, but I knew I dropped it since I was feeling for it. I never heard it drop as it was plastic and could not see it. I had to take the pan off to find it and it was sitting on top of one of the black little are inlet things. I also found that if I take a rubber mallet or something soft I can tap on the bottom of the pan and plastic cover or missing bolt would bounce and I could see where it is so I can get it. You do need that piece.

Has any done a 2005 Elise?

I didn't see a rectangular plastic cover on my cross-gate lever.

My cross-gate lever end has wear marks. Looks like my car never had a cover.

[TroyLotus]

There are new directions on the site now. http://www.trueleo.com/Eliselinkageinstall.htm

I have also added different buy now options for when you purchase to keep track of which car you have instead of the comments field. If you purchased in the last week email me if you have an 07-08 car to make sure you get the kit with the correct sheath protector size in it (everything else is the same).

[jim-clayton]

Originally Posted by TroyLotus

Jim
All the cars come with the plastic black piece and the wear marks are there from that. Mine looks like that also when I took it out. When I did one install I dropped the piece also, but I knew I dropped it since I was feeling for it. I never heard it drop as it was plastic and could not see it. I had to take the pan off to find it and it was sitting on top of one of the black little are inlet things. I also found that if I take a rubber mallet or something soft I can tap on the bottom of the pan and plastic cover or missing bolt would bounce and I could see where it is so I can get it. You do need that piece.

Has any done a 2005 Elise?

I didn't see a rectangular plastic cover on my cross-gate lever.

My cross-gate lever end has wear marks. Looks like my car never had a cover.

I'll be looking for it today. I hate pulling the diffuser if I don't have to.

Here's a couple of photo's I took.

[goelise]

Damn you TroyLotus why must you tempt me so?!?!?!?!?!?

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by goelise

Damn you TroyLotus why must you tempt me so?!?!?!?!?!?

I'm telling you... Don't think, just buy now before they are on a 6 month back order..

[jim-clayton]

I found my square plastic.

[Manxman]

Thanks Jim - I am waiting impatiently for the arrival of the kit and have memorized the fitting instructions from reading them so often, but was having trouble visualizing this part.
Then all I have to wait for is the weather to warm up a bit.......