Thread: Puma Slick Shift

Originally Posted by lump_a_charcoal

How long did the job take (assuming you installed everything correctly)?

About 1 hour I would say, getting the matting off over the gear sticks took the longest, watching the video before hand helped but I had to go back to it a couple of times, if you have it on a tablet in the car with you that would make it quicker.

Here's a youtube video showing a Slick Shift installation and road test.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt2SXs89W_c[/ame]

He likes it.

just been googling this before i order one.........and this thread gets bumped up

thanks El Rey

This is the Puma one.
Defender Puma/TDCI Slickshift | Online Gearbox Parts Shop

Just ordered a puma one.

Will review when I get it

I fitted one to my Td5 R380 and it makes a lot of difference to changes.


I'm still a slow and steady user of the gearbox (always have been sympathetic in this regard) but it now has a much shorter throw.

Resurrecting this thread due to issues now.

My gear stick is rattling like mad, I took it to bits and glued the weights again and it was still there, I could feel the rattle coming from inside of the gearstick so I was going to put a layer of duck tape around the slick shift steel to see if it would stop, in the end i used what i had handy and I cut the finger of a rubber glove and put that over the metal, the rattle is mostly gone, that was a few weeks ago and it is coming back again so I guess the rubber finger is wearing out, I will try the duck tape next, but there seems to be a lot of movement between the metal shaft and the inside of the gearstick. I am not sure if there is something missing from inside that may have fallen out but I doubt it, I think it is just not a good fit.

Anyone else having issues?

Pat

Put some silicone in there...
Leave it overnight to cure before driving...