Shift linkage question

[isolatos]

My car has a steel plate that the shifter sits in, as opposed to the aluminum mount I have seen on other cars. Is it possible to just put a spacer between the plate and the trans to get the shifter in the right position as opposed to bending the linkage??

[whiltebeitel]

if you want to lean the lever back, longer bolts and spacing the plate back would do it. Are you trying to clear the guibo? Also, there is a bracket that can mount the aluminum console to the same holes as the sheetmetal console.

Part numbers:
25112225369 bracket
07119912588 M8x140 bolt (need 2)
25112225344 pin for the late-model console
07119904295 nut for the above pin

[MattM]

i was going to use a plate shifter originally too, you can just bend it up and tighten the bolts(the rubber inserts in the mounting tabs flex a fair bit) but that wont correct the shifter, and you will still need to bend or rotate one end of the rod ~12 degrees

i ended up getting a Zf320 when i had to pull the engine out to replace the pan gasket(which is NOT possible when the getrag is behind an E34 pan)