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Blas · Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 227 Location: Illinois, USA

This is a follow-up up to an earlier question regarding tighting up the shifter on a 924 with the dog-leg shift pattern. I purchased the part I figured I needed (the bottom nylon bushing) and to my surprise, my 1979 924 does not have that style shifter arm on it. The shifter arm is connected to two shafts with no base support. Appears the problem is related to the spring on the shifter. It's no longer connected to anything. Can anyone point me towards a few photos of how the spring attaches to the shifter? I looked for tell-tale marks but none were found.
This spring in under the shifter boot, not inside the trans. Looks to function as centering spring for the shifter.
I'll keep looking around on this site for info and photos. Thanks...
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1979 924 Silver 48000 miles (SOLD)

Paul · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:37 am Post subject:

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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
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Blas · Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 227 Location: Illinois, USA

Excellent, thank you very much. but how and where is it attached on the body and shifter? Mine was loose on the bottom of the enclosure. When I thought I had it installed properly, it tends to pull the shifter out of gear.
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1979 924 Silver 48000 miles (SOLD)

Paul · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:28 am Post subject:

The front loop IIRC goes under bolt 9, the other end hooks to the shifter rod. It's purpose is to rotate the rod towards 4-5 so that it helps prevent a shift from 1 to R when trying to go 1-2.
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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.

Blas · Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 227 Location: Illinois, USA

Thanks so much,
I actually found a video that shows the spring installed. It appears to go around the shaft. mine is not on the shaft, it's loose. You can take it out of the shifter shaft area. How would you remove the shifter rod on the passenger (right) side to put the spring back over the shaft?

Link to video on utube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTgjU1oWiJw
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1979 924 Silver 48000 miles (SOLD)

Paul · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:21 pm Post subject:

The video keeps crashing must not like Firefox...

It won't be fun, but remove the shifter surround and boot, then remove the #9 bolts and remove #11, then slip the spring into place.
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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.

Patroller · Joined: 03 Apr 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Wisconsin Dells, WI

Does anyone know what the part number is for that spring? I have two 1979s and one has the spring and the other does not. Most manuals only picture some sort of a "leaf spring" that fits on the pivots near the plastic bushings - I have never seen one of those and have no idea how it can work. The coil spring works well to keep you out of Reverse on One to Two shifts.