I finally went and took my stang into the ford dealership to have the shifter installed. And guess what they said, That the shifter wasnt made for my car! This is bs! Now what do i do try to return it to AM? Either way i gotta find a new shifter because my stock one if disasembled, tips on good ones?

http://www.americanmuscle.com/mustan...dle-87-04.html

 

nah it should work for you car your just doing it wrong and your dealership doesnt know what there talking about.

 

Trust me man i spent three days looking at it, theres something not right with it.

 

Your first mistake was taking your car to a ford dealership.

 

Why?

 

they charge a **** ton of money for there services you can find a place just as good if not better for cheaper.

 

I know they do, but i just wanna get this **** done.

 

Plenty of ppl have used it with no problem. Not sure what your doing wrong.

 

I think maybe i got a faulty shifter or something man. Ive looked at it for 3 day my brother did for a day and now the dealership has and noone knows wtf to do.

 

Which part is not working as it should?

 

agreed, they even have another 00/01 mustang with it installed in the pictures under the product pictures.

 

The actual shifter it self. What happens is, there is a white **** that needs to be pushed down in order to allow you to shift gears, And on the shifter, it has a inclined plane that when pushed on sideways slowly pushes on the ****. I cant tell if the **** isnt moving or if the shifter is working right and my car is fucked up, which i kinda doubt.

 

You have to take off your stock shift **** in order to put the new one on.

 

I hate to be a smart ***, But i kinda thought that was a given?

 

 

So it's just the button not working correctly? Does it engage when the handle is off?

 

Yea thats what i think. If i push the **** with just my hand it changes gears perfectly, but with the **** its just like NONE FOR YOU!

 

the **** must not be connected correctly.

 

Trust me man ive tried everything, ive looked at every single aspect of this dam shifter.

 

Not too be a smart *** lol but if you have checked out every part of the shifter dont ya think it would be working because obviously there is something you are doing and or did wrong.

Just my opinion lol

 

I have checked every part but i cant see whats happening when i push the button

 

Well I thought it was a given for people to know July comes before August so IDK.

 

my question is wtf was wrong with the stock one...i personally think this one is ugly just my opinion

 

Ok that was plain as hell unnessecary, ***...
And yea im gunna have to take a look at it tommorow.

 

FTW

 

Wait a second.. Now I'm really confused. From the pics you posted earlier, it looks like the white "****" as you call it is the button for the overdrive. That has nothing to do with the operation of the shifter itself. The shifter is operated by pressing the side button in, just like the stock shifter was. So which one are you having trouble with.. The white OD button, or the side button used to "unlock" the shifter? You must be doing something wrong, because the very first customer comment on their says says "easy to install."

 

It is easy to install, he is referring to when you take the shifter off there is a small white plastic "nub" sticking up, and in order for it to go into gear it must be pushed down to go from gear to gear. The o/d button is triggered purely as a sensor switch electronically by a couple contacts and a wire.

I personally think when he took the shifter off, that the spring that needs to go in between the shaft and the new shifter itself is missing or something along those lines... this is a easy install, take one cosmetic shifter off and then replace it with a new cosmetic shifter, re-run the wires to relocate the o/d button and make sure the new shifter is secure and you have tightened the allen-screw so the new shifter stays in place.

 

No the spring cant be between the shifter and the ****, because the spring has to go between the button that pushes on the nub and the shifter
EDIT: Whatever i just called AM and they said luckily that they would refund it, so anyone have any good shifters they like?