Improved Automatic Tranny Shift Gate (1 Viewer)

[buffydores]

I wanted to share one of the little projects I completed on my wife's FJ62 while we're working on it. The standard automatic shifter has the funky plastic gates that seem to break. Toyota doesn't make them anymore.

Looks pretty ghetto. I don't like the plastic gates, so I'll try another familiar 80s solution - the brush gate. I bought a pair of XJS Jaguar Part #CAC2864 brush gates.

I drilled out the plastic welds for the slide plate to gain access to where I wanted to epoxy the gates. I had to remove some bottom material on the slide plate for it to lay down right once the gates were installed.

Then a little epoxy work.

Then back together.

And finally the finished product installed.

Looks much more classy.

 

[kbfj621989]

Awesome solution!

 

[buffydores]

Thanks amigo.

 

[MTB Land Cruise]

I wanted to share one of the little projects I completed on my wife's FJ62 while we're working on it. The standard automatic shifter has the funky plastic gates that seem to break. Toyota doesn't make them anymore.

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Looks pretty ghetto. I don't like the plastic gates, so I'll try another familiar 80s solution - the brush gate. I bought a pair of XJS Jaguar Part #CAC2864 brush gates.

I drilled out the plastic welds for the slide plate to gain access to where I wanted to epoxy the gates. I had to remove some bottom material on the slide plate for it to lay down right once the gates were installed.

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Then a little epoxy work.

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Then back together.

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And finally the finished product installed.

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Looks much more classy.

Hi, I’m restoring my shifter assembly right now... which expoy did you use? Looks good!

 

[buffydores]

Hi, I’m restoring my shifter assembly right now... which expoy did you use? Looks good!

Just a normal two part epoxy. You can see the Gorilla brand I used in one of the pictures.

 

[EscapeWagon62]

Well done!

 

[vankho]

This is so damn clever! Might do this if I can't find a way to fix the plastic parts of my shifter gates as well.

 

[Spook50]

Looks way better. Good job.

 

[tarheel40]

I came across this thread a few nights ago after realizing one of my shifter gates is missing and the other is falling apart. Think this is a great idea, just not sure I want to leave the factory appearance yet - still hoping I come across some old shifter gates that someone doesn’t want/need. If I don’t then I’ll give this route a try, thanks for the info!