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Old 12-09-11, 08:38 AM
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my 92 needs to have the shift **** replaced or recovered..it has the tan/peanut butter interior. any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated..thanks in advance
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It depends on what you want there are after market replacements around.
http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/body/shifter.html

I bought a small bottle of leather dye, not an exact match but if you supply a sample of the leather they can do exact matches and used it to cover the shifter on mine. Looks pretty good I think and has been OK for nearly 3 years since doing it.

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I usually head for the salvage yards, we have a lot of them in this area.plus craigslist parting out Lexus models.
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or aftermarket **** from levoc or similar.
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mine needs recovering as it has holes in it..i cant find one anywhere here in the bay area
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ok so i found a company in texas that re-wraps the shifter *****. i tried to pull the old one off but the o/d wires arent long enough to get it off the shifter shaft. according to the article that steve posted i can cut and re-splice the wires?
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ok so i found a company in texas that re-wraps the shifter *****. i tried to pull the old one off but the o/d wires arent long enough to get it off the shifter shaft. according to the article that steve posted i can cut and re-splice the wires?
READ & recheck the article, it says you will need wire cutters and No4) Pull the shifter off and cut the two O/D wires attatched to it.
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i read that..was hoping to get a response from someone who has done this already..thanks billy
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i had to cut the wires and had to re-wire them.

install tip* run the wires through the shifter FIRST then attach the black o/d connector.
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thank you..did u pull the console apart or just pull the shifter up and snip the wires?
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