For those who'd like to look at a diagram courtesy of a Alfabb thread: http://goo.gl/P2UUO
Bruce On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Bruce Giller <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that I may have found my problem yesterday with some exploratory > surgery within the cabin. I removed the two rubber gear shift boots and > under the last one, I found things were amiss. There is a largish rubber > cone (which is called a 'ring' in my manual for Bosch Spiders) that goes > beneath the gearshift to hold the various metal 'caps' (outer, > intermediate, fixed cap) in place on the 'inner lever' (the gear shift > slides on to it). Well, this rubber cone had a split in it and came off > the 'inner lever'; it was lying to one side under the inner gear shift > boot. > > Thus the underlying three 'caps' and the 'ratchet gear' that reside > underneath the gearshift became loose due to the lack of pressure from the > missing rubber cone. The 'ratchet gear' has a spring-loaded gear for > reverse gear engagement - it presents a slight resistance to shifting in > that direction. The ratchet gear was at an angle to the 'inner lever' > (when it should have been perpendicular). I believe that the fact that the > ratchet gear was not correctly position in the rear cover prevented me from > fully engaging reverse gear and causing it to pop out. > > Now, where to find a new rubber cone ??? > > It helps if you have the breakdown of the tranny innards - my copy is a > copy of an original (from IAP) and sometimes a bit faded. And after > years of not having a parts manual for my '73 GTV, I'd like to get one and > the best source seems to be a Cardisc ( > http://www.cardisc.com/alfa_romeo.htm). I found some on Ebay but I'd > like to see if anyone on this list has one that is languishing on the shelf > and they'd like to sell to me. > > Thanks, > Bruce -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
