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    Questions on shifter rebuild and speed sensor on 99-2005 transmission

    I bought a 5-speed trans several years ago and just tucked it away in the garage. I recently pulled it out to replace the seals and prep it for istall into my 1.6L turbo 93LE NA.

    For the very first time, I noticed that it has a electronic speed sensor where the old mechanical speedo cable inserted in the NA trans.

    Additionally, when I pulled apart the shifter, I saw that instead of a single slot in the fulcrum ball (this is where you'd replace the worn out crescent-shaped bushing) it has 2 slots, one on the front and back.

    I looked up shifter rebuild kits but in the pictures I saw on RSpeed.net and MossMiata.com do not show any type of crescent bushing to go into these slots.

    Questions:

    [1] Can I remove the speed sensor on the trans and simply insert the speedo cable into it?

    [2] Does the NB trans shifter not require crescent-shaped bushings in the fulcrum ball?

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    Answers:

    [1] Yep! You just uninstall the speed sensor from your currently installed transmission and then bolt it into the NB transmission once you've installed it.

    [1.5] You'll also need to cut/splice the reverse and neutral switch wiring as the connectors are not the same from NA to NB.

    [2] No, that bushing is not present on NB shift levers.
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