Popping out of reverse is often a motor mount, the trans mount or both issue.
Sent from my iPad On Jun 16, 2013, at 10:05 PM, "skip" <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, > I have seen the clamp bolt on the shifter become loose enough for the > shifter to hit the floor pan and keep it from going all the way into gear. If > that's not the problem, you are probably right. The transmission needs to > come out. > My Duetto has been popping out of 5th and rev occasionally for a long time > but I feel very little to no "detent" when engaging either gear. I think the > spring that presses the ball down into that detent is either broken or weak. > Simple check if I could only get to it ;-) > Skip Patnode > '67 Duetto > Norfolk, Va. > > Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:48:37 -0400 > From: Bruce Giller <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] Popping out of Reverse > > I have noticed over the past few months that my '73 GTV does not engage > reverse like it used to: I can feel that when putting it into reverse, it > just felt like it wasn't fully engaging the gears. Well, today it started > to pop out of reverse whenever any pressure was placed on the tranny. It > required a bit of effort to hold it in reverse by hand which does not bode > well. > > First, I thought it might be the rubber shift boots were interfering so I > removed the 3 screws holding the center console to the cabin floor. Even > with the center console able to move about freely, it continued it's bad > ways. Then I had a look at the rubber tranny mount and it looks in great > shape; no rips or tears. > > I'm thinking that I need to remove the tranny to have it rebuilt ... or is > there something else I can try ?? > > Thanks, > Bruce > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
