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Old Jun 22, 2013 | 05:01 PM
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rfourt
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From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Default Re: Shift linkage bushing?

I order a new "old-style" bushing from AutohauzAZ using part number 1409920010 and got that part without substitution. The EPC shows 1409920010 as being replaced by 2109920010. Trust me on this one, don't order that part number. The replacement part will take a minor miracle to install. I've tried them both. The 140 part number went in with just a little warming (to make it malleable) and bang! Job done in 15 minutes. Before I got the original bushing, I worked for the better part of an hour trying to get the 210 bushing in. Not gonna happen.

By-the-by, there are a couple of other parts houses that list the "old" number. But they wanted $10 - $15 to deliver a $1.50 part. I routinely get my filters, etc, from AutohausAZ, so I'm going to pick up a couple of extra bushings for future needs. Hmmm, speaking of future needs, do they sell flux-capacitors?

There must be a good reason that the "old" part number is still available, and no, I don't think it's just NOS.

After installation, my shifter is solid and QUIET. No more clanking and jangling! Plus no more self-imposed shame for having a great car that sounds like a "Radio Flyer" when shifting from "P" to "D"! (That's tonight's "Joke for Old People!")

I feel good. The god's have smiled upon me. I guess the Kool-Aid will have to wait....
 
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