120 Prado shift lever repair kit

[John]

Cheers, John. I see you only took 15mins to apply the fix. I feel a competition coming up

I'd only dismantled it 2 or 3 times before, Andrew. Each time trying to come up with a solution (fail) Plus, my friendly Chicken Stick is great (fast) for popping trim clips without damaging plastic

[MENT4L]

Ok great thank you, deff worth a try so ill send you an email

Yes it will most likely solve the issue.

[MENT4L]

Sorry for the maybe dumb question (can't see the photos on phone) but my 120 shifter is all sloppy and won't stay in 4th or L so will this solve it??
Thanks in advance
Trent

[mackayvx]

Business is booming Andrew!

It's indeed a brilliant, cost effective fix. When I did mine (my holder was cracked at the top) I was concerned that the crack might propagate with the new bullet, giving me the same problem later down the track. So I used some safe-tie wire as insurance.

Photo's in this thread: http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...ppy#post378757

Cheers, John. I see you only took 15mins to apply the fix. I feel a competition coming up :lol:

Another happy customer, took me 16mins. I even had time to take a sip...

Problem solved. Thanks Andrew!

Excellent! Glad to be of service. Might have to update my installation instructions with a time to repair and the beverage needed to achieve that time

[John]

It's indeed a brilliant, cost effective fix. When I did mine (my holder was cracked at the top) I was concerned that the crack might propagate with the new bullet, giving me the same problem later down the track. So I used some safe-tie wire as insurance.

Photo's in this thread: http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...ppy#post378757

[Jacques668866]

Another happy customer, took me 16mins. I even had time to take a sip...

Problem solved. Thanks Andrew!

You're welcome Scott. It looks like the wear in the track is what's causing the bullet to jump out or crack the top of the collar holding the bullet. I've had a few now who have bought the kit after experiencing the gear lever jammed or become totally sloppy during a trip. So based on your pic and waltec's it would be wise for the older 120s (or those who like to shift through the gate a lot) to have the bullet changed out before the inevitable happens in the middle of 4WDriving.

[ScoticusMaximus]

i know im digging up an older thread but i just wanted to say thankyou to Andrew for his kit. I broke my shift lever recently (well it wasnt broken - the bullet fell out, never to be seen again) and installed Andrew's kit on the weekend, such a quick and easy mod with great results.

you can see the track that the old bullet has worn out after i cleaned the old grease off:


Cheers,
Scott.

[waltec]

Photo prob doesn't show it well, the light shows the wear well but makes the track look different colour. I think the plastic used to make the cover looks to be FRP, usually when moulding FRP the surface has a shine to it, but if surface is removed, you see the firbe giving a rough appearance (similar to concrete)
This photo shows it better

No, mine isn't more worn. The track is moulded into the cover of the gear shift. Yours looks like someone has put a layer of material (what you call the FRP) over the original track and the top layer has worn down to expose the fibre.

I would open up the box again and see if you can remove that material and revert back to the original track. I think the previous owner encountered the same problem and had a different approach to solve it.

[waltec]

Yes I bought it 2nd hand in 2008, what is yours more worn?? Mine was probably a mill or 2 deep between R and D

Good to know that the kit is working well.
Strange though that my 'track' doesn't look like yours. Did you buy the Prado 2nd hand? I think there's been a repair done previously and the track was replaced.