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Installing MGW billet top plate properly
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<blockquote data-quote="Cman01" data-source="post: 16222828" data-attributes="member: 138028"><p>Ok, just finished up the new plate install, all is good (for now, next thing on the list is to reinstall the BF bracket and still keep the rear support mount in the OE location).</p><p></p><p>Now this should be a simple re & re, but because of the dynamat I decided to be proactive so the install took a little time. For those of you installing this shifter for the first time I have some tips when it comes to installing the billet top plate so you only squish the dynamat 1 time and not have to remove the plate after you screw it down completely if something goes wrong with testing the gear shifting.</p><p></p><p>The plate has the 4 slotted holes, 1 in each corner. Just like the rubber membrane the bottom pass. slot is lower than the bottom driver's slot. I usually would prefer to install the plate so the bottom studs and top threaded holes are in the middle of the slots. Install 2 diagonally opposite bolt/nuts and tighten it just enough that you don't compress the dynamat. Stretch the rubber boot over the gold shifter base, screw in the handle and try the shifter and make sure you can go into all the gears. If the gears are ok then continue to install the 2 other nuts/bolts for the top plate and tighten it down alternating the tightening sequence.</p><p></p><p>In my case, when I did this I could not get my bottom gears, so I ended up moving the plate slightly downward, tighten lightly and test it again. Basically the nuts/bolts are sitting slightly closer to the top of the slots. Be careful you don't move the plate too much, move, tighten (lightly) and test till you can get all the gears. Once you find that sweet spot where the plate wants to be, make sure it doesn't move as you tighten down all 4 fasteners in a criss cross pattern till it is tight and the dynamat is squeezed out.</p><p></p><p>This will insure the plate sits in the proper place in your car (remember there are production tolerances), all the gears are able to be shifted into, and you get that perfect dynamat seal that you don't want to disturb the first time the plate is tightened down.</p><p></p><p>Tony</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cman01, post: 16222828, member: 138028"] Ok, just finished up the new plate install, all is good (for now, next thing on the list is to reinstall the BF bracket and still keep the rear support mount in the OE location). Now this should be a simple re & re, but because of the dynamat I decided to be proactive so the install took a little time. For those of you installing this shifter for the first time I have some tips when it comes to installing the billet top plate so you only squish the dynamat 1 time and not have to remove the plate after you screw it down completely if something goes wrong with testing the gear shifting. The plate has the 4 slotted holes, 1 in each corner. Just like the rubber membrane the bottom pass. slot is lower than the bottom driver's slot. I usually would prefer to install the plate so the bottom studs and top threaded holes are in the middle of the slots. Install 2 diagonally opposite bolt/nuts and tighten it just enough that you don't compress the dynamat. Stretch the rubber boot over the gold shifter base, screw in the handle and try the shifter and make sure you can go into all the gears. If the gears are ok then continue to install the 2 other nuts/bolts for the top plate and tighten it down alternating the tightening sequence. In my case, when I did this I could not get my bottom gears, so I ended up moving the plate slightly downward, tighten lightly and test it again. Basically the nuts/bolts are sitting slightly closer to the top of the slots. Be careful you don't move the plate too much, move, tighten (lightly) and test till you can get all the gears. Once you find that sweet spot where the plate wants to be, make sure it doesn't move as you tighten down all 4 fasteners in a criss cross pattern till it is tight and the dynamat is squeezed out. This will insure the plate sits in the proper place in your car (remember there are production tolerances), all the gears are able to be shifted into, and you get that perfect dynamat seal that you don't want to disturb the first time the plate is tightened down. Tony [/QUOTE]
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