Hi,

      I made 8 sets of brass shifter bushings, I tried them out in a buddies 620 as well as my 510. They seem to work really good!! I plan on machining the bottom cup out of brass as well. My question is, would anyone be interested in purchasing a full set of these bushings?? The sets that I have been making have a really tight tolerance and are a PRESS fit into the shifter. They do not fall out when you are trying to install the shifter.

    I see these on Ebay all the time for $15.00 shipped to $28.00 for a set with a delrin cup.

If a few local people are interested in trying a set out let me know I will hand them over free of charge just to find out what you think! Right now I have 2 sets left and one chucked in the lathe that will be done tonight.

Thanks

Have a great weekend!

 

Eric

I have a dogleg 5 in my dime. they fit my friends 78 620 as well. I put them in a 81 720 a few years back too. I know the mid/late 80's 4x4 has a different setup but you can put a older stick in the newer tranny.

 

Thanks

 

Eric

Sure!!

       Are you close to McMinnville?? If so I own the Hobby Store on 3rd street. We are open Tues. - Sat. 10:30 - 6:00. If you are not that close I can probably mail them? Or we could work somthing out. 

I am pretty sure they will fit a 521 If they don't I should be able to make some that do.

Thanks again!!

 

Eric

Sounds like they only fit 1975-84 L-series style shifter handles then.

the late 510 you mention, 1978 620, and dogleg are all 'late' transmissions.

Also, they will fit my 280ZX transmission in my truck. I would love to try a set. They will probably not fit stock 510 and 521 4-speed shifters. (1974 and older)

Oh one more thing. they fit in my 720 with the z2.2 but the 84 4x4 I parted out had a way different shifter, But the tranny was the same so one could use a older shifter with the brass in a newer tranny.

 

 

Eric

This is what the 4spd bushing look like. Got this off ebay.

Oh well...wouldn't take the pic...guess there's still some site issues!

On the old 510/521 shifters it's not the rubber bushings that cause slop as the guys who sell aluminum ones want you to believe- it's the fork below that and the selector rod. The fork wears out, and I haven't found a good way to fix that.

I remove the pin!
I get a threaded bolt and squeeze the fork so its tighter. it helps,at least for a while.

The aluminum bushings are a scam. I never seen one go bad its always the forks wear or spead apart. causing the shifter to be loose.

Socializing isn't my thing. Besides, not much to look at- basically a 300K-mile bone stock (mechanically) '78 Wagon.    I mean, the whole emissions setup is still present and functional.

Besides, from May-July it's still daylight out.

First time I ever took the '78 510 Wagon to a meeting (been going for 3 years now). Have never taken the "Blue Beater". In fact the only HLA10 type I ever took to a meeting was the '81, which was totalled shortly thereafter. I take the 4X4 more often than anything. But it's usually whatever I'm driving. Always a Datsun. Used to be the 720 all the time, as it was my commuter until the transmission bit it. Even when I had the Mercury as my commuter (gee, I can't imaging commuting in a V-8 land yacht now) I never took it.