B&M 81002 CONSOLE HAMMER SHIFTER - Manual (Page 2)

The vehicle should be about 2 feet
off the ground for ease of installation.
Use jack stands, wheel ramps or a
vehicle lift. Make sure the vehicle is
firmly supported before attempting to
work on it.
INSTALLATION
STEP 1. Remove the console. First
place the shifter into the Neutral posi-
tion then remove the panel around the
stock shifter by carefully prying up from
the spring clips. It is held in by four
spring clips. Disconnect the electrical
connectors (See Photo #1). Remove
the console compartment underneath
the arm rest. Remove the two screws
hidden under the rubber plugs and pry
up the console compartment (See
Photo #2). Remove the four mounting
screws (two at front of the console and
two under the console compartment)
and set them aside. Set the parking
brake lever to the upright position. Re-
move the console panel and discon-
nect the wiring harness connectors.
STEP 2. From under the car discon-
nect the shifter cable from the shifter.
The end of the cable snaps over a ball
fitting on the shifter lever. This can be
pried off with a screwdriver. The cable
housing is attached to the shifter
flange by two screws. On ‘99-’00 mod-
els, remove the plastic clip holding the
shifter cable. Move the cable end away
from the shifter so that it will not inter-
fere with removing the shifter. Inside of
the car, disconnect the interlock cable
from the shifter. This is the 1/4” diam-
eter black cable that goes from the
front of the shifter under the dash board
up to the steering column. Disconnect
the center wire from the plastic
bellcrank by carefully pulling up on it.
It will snap out. Be careful not to bend
the wire. The housing of the interlock
cable is attached to the front of the
shifter base plate with a screw and to
the end of the pivot pin for the inter-
lock bell crank with a clip. Remove both
of these and disconnect the cable (See
Photo #3). Disconnect the electrical
connectors from the shifter.
STEP 3. Remove the stock shifter. It
is held in by four screws that go into
the nuts that are clipped over the edges
of the opening in the tunnel. If any of
the sealing gasket sticks to the tun-
nel, remove it. Peel the paper facing
off of the supplied foam rubber gasket
and stick it to the bottom of the B&M
shifter being sure that the holes line
up. Be sure that the four nuts that are
clipped around the opening in the tun-
nel line up with the holes. Install the
shifter and screw it down with the origi-
nal screws. You will have to work the
right hand edge of the shifter under the
edge of the carpet. (If the original
screws and nuts that hold the shifter to the tunnel cannot be reused, replace
them with 5/16” X 1” bolts, nuts and
lock washers. Someone will have to
be under the car to hold the nuts while
they are tightened from the top). Screw
the jam nut and the T-handle onto the
end of the shifter stick to make it easier
to shift during the adjustment proce-
dures. The jam nut is a round nut with
two flats on it. The chamfered side
goes down.
STEP 4. Before connecting the shifter
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Photo #2
rubber plugs &
screws
console
compartment
Photo #3
interlock
housing
clip
plastic
bellcrank
center wire