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Re: Engine choice

To: yd3@nvc.net, Jack Levy <jack@cocoinc.com>
Subject: Re: Engine choice
From: Bob Shaw <shaws@mlcltd.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:36:33 -0500
At 9:38 PM -0700 8/7/00, yd3@nvc.net wrote:
>Jack:
>
>I have seen photos and read that the B gear lever comes futher foward in the
>cockpit when installed in an MGA when compared to the original MGA 
>position.  It
>comes right under the dash and either has to be shortened to keep 
>your knuckles
>intact or the lever bent to the rear.
>
>Blake
>
>
>Barney wrote:
>
>>  And I think the manual shift lever is in a little different
>>  location on the mGB gearbox, so that requires a slight modification to the
>>  tunner cover.
>>

A second option, which I have found more satisfying, is to heat the 
shifter lever and bend it back.
-- 
Bob Shaw
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