My 75 was the same way when I purchased it. It turned out to be only the
plastic bushing that the ball on the shifter sits in. The thing was totally
disintegrated, I put in a new one and it fixed the whole problem.
Glenn Bowley
'75 Spit FM30644U
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N.A. Campiglia III [SMTP:spitdrvr@camalott.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 2:57 PM
> To: Spit list
> Subject: Single rail shifter gone waco!!
>
>
> Listers,
> I installed a single rail gearbox in my '74 last year. When I did I used
> a
> USED shifter that was given to me, yesterday it went to pot. The movement
> is very sloppy and you dont have to push down to get reverse, which is
> scary
> to say the least.... Will the ball and spring that I see in the VB
> catalog
> fix this problem?? Any one have any hints??
>
> Thanks
>
> Nick
> N.A. Campiglia III
> '67 Spitfire MKIII
> '74 Spitfire 1500
> http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
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