Hi George,
There is a little spring and plunger at the bottom end of the shift lever.
I've found the spring nearly always broken and the plunger pushed into the
lever. It's probably possible that the plunger came out and is obstructing
the shift lever.
I've never had trouble getting the shift lever over, but have had trouble
pulling it back due to a defective interlock. The following link has some
photos of the inside of the cover if you're interested.
http://www.buckeyetriumphs.org/technical/Gearbox/GearboxCover/GearboxCover.h
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Nelson Riedel
Granville, Ohio
'68TR250, '76TR6, '70TR6 (project)
----- Original Message -----
From: <George_Loriot@brown.edu>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 3:57 PM
Subject: gearshift lver - stiff reverse gate
| Hi to all,
| I'm a relative newcomer to TR6 and this list; I asked earlier about tires
and got a tremendously useful response, so I'll try again:
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| 1976 TR6: the pressure to get the gearshift lever into the reverse gate
has increased, so now it's quite a hard push to get it over. Bently has an
section on adjusting the gearshift lever and it looks easy. Just wondering
if any of you have had this happen and if the adjustment in place has a good
chance of fixing it or will it require top cover removal and small part
replacement/adjustment. I don't think there's a problem with the reverse
idler or the shaft, since once the lever is in the gate the shift to reverse
is smooth.
|
| Although I'm new to TR6 I have considerable mechanical experience from The
Old Days, and have done quite a few transmission overhauls so the more
detail the better.
|
| Thanks a lot in advance.
|
| George Loriot
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| 1976 TR6
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