Was poking around looking to replace the shifter boots and noticed this doesn’t look like the shifter base in pictures and fiches of other Ax15 transmissions I’ve seen. Particularly the bars bolted to the top of the bushing.

 

Customized.

 

Either someone got real creative trying to fix a messed up lock ring, or they installed an aftermarket short-throw kit? Whats the tag of a picture of the trans itself look like?

 

It’s a 96 and the build sheet says 5-speed so should be ax15. Short throw shifter must be the answer… I’m just a dummy. Must be something like this: https://core-shifters.com/products/core-hurst-shifter-2003-2004-jeep-wrangler-liberty-nv1550-nv2550-nv3550