Possibly the shifter lever's ball (around which it pivots) has fallen apart? This happened to me once- the shifter lever suddenly got real sloppy. I replaced the ball, and everything has been fine since.
(I have a 3-rail gearbox in my '72.) Doug --- Ryan Waltrip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good news: This year, it took less than a minute of > starting effort to get the Spitty running this year. > > Bad news: Too late in this year to drive it > regularly. 2.5 months of unemployment & business > from my new job leaves me no free time. Oh well. > > I took it out for a spin yesterday just to keep the > battery & such happy. Noticed one problem suddenly > crop up. The gearshift has WAY too much front-back > play. It stays in gear just great. The lockballs & > springs are behaving as intended, but the lever is > playing it fast & loose. > > I can only assume the bullet-shaped thing with the > spring hasn't siezed, but moreso is a bit stuck. Is > there a way to get it back into working without a > major dismantle process? I figure if I can somehow > get some transmission lube along the rail, it will > hopefully drip into the bullet crevice and spring it > back up again. > > If you measure from the gearshift knob, there's > about 1.5 inches of travel that wasn't there before. > Is this an artifact from not driving it regularly? > It shifts & drives otherwise perfectly. > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
