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I think I'm going to try an experiment when I go to install my B15 that might eliminate the need to grind the shifter stabilizer. The B13/B14 trannys have a shift rod yoke that 90's off of the striking rod. It's pinned on by a two piece roll pin. It 90's toward the stabilizer rod--but the center of the striking rod on a B13/B14 tranny is approximately 4 inches away from the bell housing. The B15 trannys have a straight shift rod yoke that also pins on to the striking rod with a two piece roll pin. The striking rod on a B15 sits approximately 1 inch away from the bell housing. The striking rod diameters appear to be the same (at least on my 99 tranny compared to the B15) so I'm thinking one yoke could easily be interchanged with another.
Here's my idea: Since the install of the B15/P11 tranny brings the shift rod yoke closer to the stabilizer rod to the point where the stabilizer has to be ground down, I'm going to try and install the shift rod yoke off of my tranny on to the B15 tranny--only I'm going to rotate it 180 degrees first so that it moves the shift rod away from the stabilizer rod (since it 90's away from the striking rod in that configuration). My guess is that the only reason why this would not work is because it might move the rod too far to where it puts the gear shift in an awkward position.
The first step will be seeing if the B13/B14 yoke will fit on the B15 striking rod. I'm in the process of acquiring a spare B13 yoke to test this initial fit. If it does in fact fit, I'll attempt to do the install to see where the shifter rod is moved and see if it is feasible/driveable in that configuration.
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