fordman wrote:have you tired roach powder? i am laughing so hard i cant stop coughing
I was thinking maybe a roach clip.
Seriously, are you talking about the sliders and the shifter, not the forks?
Rebuild kits are one thing but when you start buying hard parts for a stickshift you can spend a lot of money very quickly. Find a used one.
Great ideas have always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds.
I really apreciate the offers of parts, etc. but this is a grudge match now... It is true that the shifter wouldn't be roached out if the synchros hadn't been roached out first, and therefore a transmission that wasn't driven trashed would probably have all the parts I need in great working order. As a matter of fact, I have seen a lot of these transmissions myself that still work fine - maybe even better than when they were new. But, at this point it has become personal and I intend to make this particular shifter work so well that a twelve year old vegan girl can shift it.
After all, Daniel Boone didn't just run to the junkyard when he needed parts for his ford! He made them with his own two hands out of mud and rocks or he took them from indians!
No, I tell you, I will not take the easy way out of this one. It is time to stand up for whats right! It is time to repair and re-repair every last worn out part of every last worn out piece of equipment on the farm, as my ancestors have for generations. It is time to turn up the old sleeves and get out the elbow grease. It is time to remember that everything comes from this good earth in one way or another and anyone with soil beneath his feet can make anything he wants if he is smart enough and willing to work at it. It is time to lock myself inside the tool shed with this shifter, and either come out victorious, or find death in glorious defeat. It is time to save a nickel... Even if I have to spend a quarter!
Wish me luck.
normally resulting in 
