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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
You dont want to move the shifter you want to adjust the rods. Either by using the adjusters on them or by cutting them down. Any other method will be a cobble and you will regret it later.
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You are using a euro spec 5-speed out of a 240 and adapting it to a 300D?
The engines are in different places, the euro spec 240 shift rods will not be the right length, you probably need to shorten all of them the exact same length and adjust from there.
The longer 300D engine extends further back in the engine bay, so the transmission will be sitting further back bolted to it, but the shifter hole in the body would be in the same place since its the same chassis.
You should not need to cut a hole in the body itself since that changes shifter placement in relation to the driver position, the dimension change can be done in the rods themselves.
When people swap a 4 speed into a 300D, they usually cut about 4.5 inches out of all 3 shifter rods. Since your euro 5-speed is longer than the 4 speed, you would probably have to remove less, but you probably have to shorten them all still.