Guest Enzo Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 ok this weekend fitted a few parts to the drag sled,lightened flywheel, solid mounts and a six speed box,when i fitted it i could only get 3-4-5-6no 1st and 2nd or reverseafter looking at the plastic gear selector cradle i could see it needed modified a bit and a few parts cutting awayafter 2 ish hours with gaz at gbr we had trimmed enough to get all six gearsbut i still cant engage reverse, which is next to first gear./so my question to those of you that have fitted the six speed is what modifications did you do to engage reverse? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 iirc lukep posted up almost every step of how he did his in his build thread might be worth having look there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vit Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 hi Enzo ,what gear selector and cable are you using,got starlet selector and glanza cable no other modification,reverse will be as first,need to be push on the left and up..its a bit hard to engage it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brendanlez Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Reverse is right over and you need to trim out a brave amount to engage it, i did it too my first Glanza with no problems at all Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 ok thanx for the input but reverse is defo not happening at all with the shifter holder and linkages ive got the nowi have an ep82 na gearbox shifter and linkcageive assessed the plastic shifter and trimmed shitloads away from it and i cant trim anymore to make it move further to the left as all restrictions are away and its as far as it can go to the left and its still too short., it wont shift into reverse at all theres no way.the the only course of action i think is to get a ep91 cable and shifter set in the hope that worksif anyone has any more input let me know? ps the six speed mod is fucking amazing, so much more pull up top ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 cant u just get the plastic mounting setup from a corolla or watever the 6speed is out of and mod that? rather then cutting 80% of the original away? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 pretty sure the plastic mounting wont fit from a corolla,also where would i start to find one, they are rare as hense teatch, and the shifter cables work out at 230 from rich man toyotabut thanx for the input socks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 hhmm :sget out and push it backwards modding cars is never easy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brendanlez Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 can you post a pic of it, I might be able to help more then. but I cannot see why it would work on an EP91 shifter and not the 81... The corolla one wont fit. Did you get the selector cables from the G6 box, maybe the ep82 ones are just not long enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 no i dident as the scrap man cut themyea il take a few pics in a bit of the shifter mount, but am thinking the shifter cables on the 82 are too short aswelli have some ep91 shifter cables here so all is not lost Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brendanlez Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 try them and if all fails maybe a shifter from an ep91 (or do they fit?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nastyrash 2003 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 cut back som of the shifter cable sheef should sort it.chrisgearbox end, kids it into thinking its a longer 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bucketep91 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 i think i have an ep82 shifter laying about geo ill have a check 2moz and get back to you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 when i had my 6 speed i had to really push hard to get it into 6th. are you been man enough with your knob geo haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 @ bean with this shifter and calbe setup i have the now, i can engage all six gears easy enough to fire through them its insane/emenseits just reverse i cant get at allcut back som of the shifter cable sheef should sort it.chrisgearbox end, kids it into thinking its a longer 1.i dont understand that at all dude, could you reword it please, as i think that will help@ bucket your cool dude thanx for the offer, gona start by fitting a set of ep91 shifter cables first after trying out nastyrashes suggestion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nastyrash 2003 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 yep sorry fella was i a rush as always, rev on the six speed is over to the very left and up, so the top of the gear stick travels forward but wen u look past the pivet point on the gear stick it travels backwards pulling the cable into the car meaning u need the travel to be at the gear box end correct. the problem u will find if u look under the bonnet at the cables is cable head (wer it attaches to the gear box sellector arm) hits the cable sheeth (cable cover) trim this down and it will allow the cable to travel further into the sheeth. if i remember right thr is about 3 inch after the cable mount to play with. is that any better mate. chris.on lukes car we got the cables for the six speed with the box but wen we compared thm the cables was the same length but the sheeth was smaller only on 1 of the cables if my memmory serves me right. hope this is helps, u will have to peel back the rubber boots and u will see wat im saying. aply grease tto the cable mate wen you cut the sheeth back as you will catch the steel cable protective cover and this will rust and stick in the sheeth if water gets in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nastyrash 2003 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 sorry about all the edits and stuff, not had alot of sleep. lol = cars to play with xx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nastyrash 2003 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 any news envo, u sort it.chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 hey dude not had a chance to work at it, should get another chance at some point at the start of next week and will post up pictures of the linkage part in question thenthanx again for the pointer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nastyrash 2003 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 the pinion gear on sixth is narrower thn the rest fella also this is wer the weakness lies, thy did it so thy could squeeze a sixth gear into the standard box out fit. the way to tackle this is to watch engaging 6th gear make sure not to just ram it in and try and rev out 5th taking initial loading off 6th, in other words be smooth with it, big traction is the cause of failer mate. but other thn that thy real good fun. chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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