I'll second Doug's motion as the plastic ball at the base of the gear lever as the prime suspect (mine have done just that this spring - it literally fell out in pieces when I removed the remote gearlever extension). There are a number of plastic bits in the linkage and all appear to have a pretty high failure rate - have redone 3 transmissions this summer and all three had at least one of the plastic bbushings in the linkage disintigrated/missing.
The good news is the repair kit (containing all the bits that break) is relatively cheap and easy to install. cheersScott> Subject: [Spits] good news & bad news - shifter play....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
