I am restoring a 1975 Mini. The shifter hole was buggered up in mine, so I had to rebuild the tunnel section and I need to drill a propper hole for the new shifter. If you could measure from the crossmember to the center if the shifter I would really appreciate it. Thank you
Shifter Hole Location
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TonytheTeacher
, Mar 13 2025 08:49 PM
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TonytheTeacher
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Posted 13 March 2025 - 08:49 PM
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Posted 13 March 2025 - 09:13 PM
Remove gear stick. Bolt up the mounts to the cross beam. Mark the position. Remove shifter housing. Drill hole.
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Posted 15 March 2025 - 02:27 AM
Mountinv holes are gone.
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Posted 18 March 2025 - 10:23 PM
It might depend on how long the shift rod is, some people might have varying length ones, as I recently discovered. I have an SPI shell with a straight across subframe but odd shifter housing. Oddly the big hole and fixing holes look factory!
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Posted 18 March 2025 - 11:01 PM
There is some variation, but a '75 should be straight forward if it's all the original bits. I'd be happy with making a best guess with a tape measure to make a pilot hole & adjust from there. You could even strip the guts out of the selector, bolt it on & use it as a guide from below.
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