Hi, or Help,
Just offered up my dash to the scuttle and found that I cannot get 1st, 3rd ,5th as the gearleaver strikes the dash.

The dash is a 'D' shape rotated 90 anticlockwise with the gap between the bottom of the scuttle and the side of the chassis about an 2".

The Engine is ford 1.6chv. Gearbox is type 9(5speed). Engine in mounted as close to the bulk head as the bell housing will allow.

I have shortend the type 9 gear lever (hacked out the rubber bit) and also modified it to a quickshift. But still if I had a gaer nob fitted I'd hit the dash before I got the gear.

Any suggestion or photos.

And of course How long is your gearlever?

The top of my Gearbox sits just (1/4) below the angled drop for the tunnel.

Hey if I can I'll try and post some photos.

You could try a gearshift extension - either buy one (see other posts for a clone of the Westfield one) or try making one... use the link below to go to my website, click on the steering wheel, then 'special tools' from the left-hand menu, then 'Ford 5-speed gearbox extension'. BTW - you'll need a lathe! No dimensions, but once you have a gearbox stripped and ready the dimensions become fairly obvious.

rgds,

David

Avoneer has posted a cad drawing of the extension, its a pdf, so needs adobe.

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=13579

Also where can you get the clones of the westie ones?

Or bend the lever

I bent mine and left a cut out in the dash.
See my pic in archive.

mine was too far back so i bent it forwards. Quite easy to do and maintains an ok feel. I also bypassed the rubber bit that absorbs vibration.