Thanks for correcting that, yes I meant to say brake cleaner

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1983 240D Manual Transmission
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Yes I appreciate this thread because I likely would have forgotten that washer. But since I read this first I found the washer and pulled it out.

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1983 240D Manual Transmission
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Yes, cut and welded in. So much nicer.

Shift arms need to be off, I was rebuilding shifter at the time.

I was able to get this job done, still working on getting pictures. But wanted to mention that I had trouble with the spring load washers as well, particularly getting everything aligned so I could push the rod through. Eventually I noticed how the trapezoidal bushing insert was tapered. The way I got it to work was to insert everything except the bushing insert, push the rod through, then pull the rod, carefully insert the bushing insert, and then push the rod through. It worked very nicely for me. Hope this helps anyone else that might struggle with that step in the future.

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1983 240D Manual Transmission
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Here are a couple pictures of the housing and how dirty it was.

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1983 240D Manual Transmission
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That's not so bad, if the previous owners were smokers or worse kids, I have found incredibly nasty gooey crud not only there but also deep in the tunnel's carpets and under the floor mats etc.

It's a serious labor of love but removing the seats and carpets for a thorough cleaning makes the car smell lots better .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better