well here we go again? ok frank this is just what ya didn't want to hear.
to remove the impossible to remove shifter extension you need to remove
carpeting and radio console or trim panel from in front of shifter .
grabbing you favorite tin snips or the air powered cut off wheel ! make two
incisions(like trhat huh? it is like surgery) going forward from the outer
edge of both sides of the existing shifter opening . (one cut on each side)
make the cut right up to the verticle wall. now carefully (you'll see why
later, yer gonna have to put this thing back!) pry up the flap of steel you
just created as high as you need to acess the forward most nuts on the
mounting studs of the extension housing. after removing the remaining
retaining nuts pry loose(if stuck) and slide up the studs and remove. this
will allow acess to the shift rails or rods from the cockpit. now the best
way to reinstall this whole mess is to grab each long stud with vise grips
and remove all of the long studs. go to hardware store or the cool junk
bolt box and get suitable replacement bolts! reassemble it and check for
correct shifting first before reassembling floor. and for the steel flap
you just can opener-ed into your baby? carefully(this is the later thing i
warned you about) fold it down and back into place . it does not want to
stay put does it? back to the junk bolt box! grab 2 sheet metal screws and
wedge one in each side of the flap between the flap and unmolested pristine
floor. screw those babys in and leave them there!!! grab some dum-dum or
sealing putty and seal the 2 cuts up. or of course you could weld the two
cuts up , but once you have done this you will probably be thinking" hey, i
might have to do this some day again" and feel much better about the stupid
screws and putty concept. replace al interior trim and panels and have a
"nice " day!
this method was discovered 6 hours before the concor de elicance when my car
locked up in first and reverse . a friend who was helping get the car from
storage wanted to drive it and i thought, hey! why not! he has worked on
it with me and is a mechanic. and he can drive stick, so what's the harm?
right? wrong!!! some how he fudged trying to find reverse and poped the
shifter out of the rails up under the extension housing. this was in my
storage garage 2 miles from my tools. after a moment or two of expletives
(probably more than that....trust me!) i decided we did not have enough time
to pull the front end off and motor and trans., and clean up load it up and
still make the show. figuring on the fact that nothing goes the way it
should when you are really pressed for time! so, i decided to do an
exploratory! ran to garage threw tools in a box and headed off to
"operate". i cringed with evry snip of the shears! not knowing what i
would find. but what i found was encouraging! he had bent the pin that
fits into the grove for the ball of the shifter(dont ask how?) and the anti
rattle plunger was stuck in it's bore all the way depressed. which in some
wierd combination allowed the shifter to mis-pick the shift rails and come
out of where it belonged up inside. i have never seen that before and hope
to never see it again. but the above proceedure turned an emotionally
upsetting moment into an easy fix. and with interior trim in place it is
undetectable.
so whatca got ta loose? hack-hack, snip-snip, oh what a relief it is! it
might be the fix you need?
chuck.
who me? nope! it was my evil twin! ......................c. :)
and the email thing? i do not understand? it took me 2 months to figure
out how to use a digital camera. this electronic stuff is not my best area.
it all comes hard to me and i do not have any one locally to call upon to
come over and just show me how to do it so i trail and error my way to
sucess. but with frustration it takes me a while to achieve the sucess. i
do not give up easily. i am just not educated in this media's equiptment
and how to use it to it's fullest extent. (and hey man, being dyslexic doe
s not help me here one darn bit!, but i'm persistant.)....c.
----- Original Message -----
From Frank Clarici <spritenut at Exit109.com>
To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 2:58 AM
Subject: Tranny help needed
> Transmission gurus
>
> I am having a problem with a very sloppy shifter.
> 67 Sprite, ribcase. I can barely find 3rd gear as the shifter goes way
> too far to the right. and on coming back always manage to find first
> instead of 3rd. It's lost in the free play somewhere. I have never
> expierienced this problem.
> Blown trannys, sure, piece of cake, but a super sloppy shifter?
> I replaced the rubber collar on the shifter, the nylon bush is fine, the
> anti rattle plunger and spring are there as is the locating peg.
> I did find what looked like a tooth when I changed the gear oil. But
> since all gears work, and work fine, it must be a lock out peg or
> something.
> So where did it come from? How can I put it back without yanking the
> tranny?
> Has anyone replaced the top "remote" of a ribcase while it was still in
> the car?
>
> Any ideas on what/where to look for what is causing the shifter to be
> such a mess.
> It feels like a Triumph shifter!
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> The bug in the rice bowl
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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