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"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo) 10/17/2019 at 19:21 • Filed to: None

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So that universal shifter adapter I bought last week worked as well as expected, it didn’t! On top of that it damaged the shifter rod. See BMW in its infinite wisdom thought a threaded rod is too basic for their cars and came up with a stupider way to do it. Part of the system is a groove on top of the rod, and tongue on the knob that stops it from turning. Like this

Well because of the way the adapter clamped to the rod it actually closed up that groove abit. Which ment the knob wouldn’t go on. In MY infinite winsome I tried to hit it on with a mallet. And this happened.

II ended up using a flat file to pry the groove back open and did get it back on. Good news is that replacement e90 shift knobs are cheap.

It’s still blows my mind that no one makes a reasonably price adapter for BMWs to a threaded knob. Pisses me off. Also short throw kits for this car are not cheap either. Imma go buy a Honda 

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 19:41

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I think MINI uses the same mount. I need to look for a better knob for mine. The stock R56 knob really feels terrible in the hand. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 10/17/2019 at 19:48

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Wouldn’t surprise me apparently BMW has been using it since the e46 at least. 

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 19:52

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Hey at least your shifter doesn’t have a GODAMNDBUTTON IN THE MIDDLE. Love this car but the M46 trans is WEIRD

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) 10/17/2019 at 20:03

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Good ole 4 Speed + overdrive

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 20:03

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I have always been glad the shifters on my old Impreza and my Accent we re threaded...makes it easy to move it from one car from another when I get a new one . It’s sentimental in a way - I was given a very solid, comfortable steel (maybe aluminum, but it feels a lot heavier than that?) WRC ball-style shift knob by a good friend many years ago and it has lived in both cars and gained a wonderful patina over time! Both cars had different threads on their shift levers, but I found an adapter....here’s hoping it can live on in whatever my next car is (hopefully I can get one more car with a manual for a DD after this one before they disappear into the history books...)

In the 2002 Impreza just after I got it:

As of 2017 in the Accent...don’t have any more recent pics of it than that. :)

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 20:05

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The cracked glass of the shifter actually looks kinda cool. You wouldn't be crazy to try and get a few more cracks in it to get a mosaic look. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/17/2019 at 20:05

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Yeah I’ve always had threaded shifters and loved that I could change it up when ever I wanted to. I usually bought a new one for each car tho. Always wanted something that suited the car. 

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 20:29

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If it makes you feel better I too would have reached into the Drawer  of Jeremy to fix that problem. Are older BMW knobs the same weird system or just threaded? E30 knob? 

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 20:35

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I’ve got a great way to handle this type of situation:

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 10/17/2019 at 20:45

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That is very hot. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 21:20

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HFV’s source of wisdom:

Longtime Lurker > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 21:46

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Get a ZHP knob they fee l great.

bob and john > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 10/17/2019 at 22:16

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OH. MY. LORD. 

SmugAardvark > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/17/2019 at 23:11

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You could probably take it to a tool&die shop and have them thread it for pretty cheap. Might be tricky with that notch in the middle though.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > SmugAardvark 10/17/2019 at 23:55

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I thought about doing that myself but you’d have to make it thinner as it’s quick abit thic ker than the typical m12. I think is 16mm. Idk how you’d get it down to 12mm without taking it off and milling it down. 

SmugAardvark > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/18/2019 at 00:00

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Time to get that dremel out, hope you have steady hands!