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Re: gearshift

To: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: gearshift
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:20:04 -0800
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <200001222254.OAA04977@schilling.ucdavis.edu>
Hi Glen,

had the same problem on Puddles.  Apparently it is the right height.  I solved
it by just running a single key in a split apart in the ignition.  You know the
key chains that pull apart.  We decided that the best security was to place a
switch in electric side of the fuel pump line.  This way if stolen it goes about
a half block and dies.  Because you are out in view most thief's will not try to
figure it out.  This is where my other keys hang.

Rick

Glen Byrns wrote:

> Is it a common practice to cut down the shift lever on a bugeye?  Mine is so
> close to the ignition keys that once or twice my hand has bumped the
> dangling keys when shifting and turned off the ignition.  More of a problem
> when gloved on cold mornings.  In fourth, they jangle atop the knob.  What
> is a reasonable length that still shifts well?
>                                         Regards, Glen Byrns

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