Mine is noisy in all gears, it helped to re-install the stock knob.
Mark Kuzia
flyboy01@mediaone.net
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph "Fastdak"
~360ci, 5-spd, 8 3/4 rear / 3.90-SG
1994 Dakota 15.36 @ 91.56 mph
~318ci, 5-spd, 3.90 LS (bone stock, no mods)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Aajaynefour@cs.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Hurst Shifter & 2001, NV3500 tranny
> Bill,
>
> Whatever you do, do NOT reuse the stock gasket. If you look closely at
the
> way it is designed you will see that the factory shifter has shims or
spacers
> that will not allow the gasket to be compressed beyond a certain point.
If
> you try to reuse the original (factory) gasket, you will slice it to
pieces
> thereby causing a leak at the top of your tranny. The resulting mess
> ....?????.... well you can guess. I made this mistake and reported my
> "findings" to Hurst, encouraging them to include some language in the
> literature to warn people of this potential pitfall. Hopefully they did.
>
> Good luck, and let me know if your shifter is louder (noisier) in 5th gear
> than 4th, 3rd etc.
> Andrew
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