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It is preferable to park on a flat surface, as you may have to engage and disengage the hand brake and shift from gears to neutral. If you cannot do so and are obliged to install the short shifter on a slightly inclined surface, place wooden blocks in front or behind the wheels to prevent […]

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Getting started
- Chock the other 3 wheels on both sides
- Release handbrake
- Put the gearbox into neutral
- Loosen wheel nuts
- Jack up the car
- Remove wheel nuts + wheel
- Place jack-stand under car for safety

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NOTE: If you have a lighted gearshift knob, do this first !!!
-At the base of the gear lever is a shift boot surrounding the lower shaft.
-Remove the shift boot by detaching the shift boot base from the console area, it is snapped in at the four sides.
-Locate the lighted knob wire that comes from the […]

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Installation (numbers in brackets refer to diagram)
1. Ensure crankshaft at TDC on No.1 cylinder. Use dial gauge [6]
2. Hold camshaft sprockets. Use tool Nos. 1.822.155.000 and 1.822.146.000 [13] & [14]. Slacken bolt(s) of each camshaft sprocket.
3. Remove third bearing cap from each camshaft [15] & [16]. NOTE: Mark bearing caps before removal from identification.
4. Fit […]

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