At 11:53 PM 12/14/99 -0500, wizardz wrote:
>....
>While push testing the Midget..... 4th and 3rd each moved the fan when the
clutch was dropped. 1st and 2nd do nothing .... the shifter feels like it
isn't moving anything.
>
>COULD THE BOLT ON THE FORK HOLDING IT TO THE ROD HAVE COME LOOSE ALLOWING
THE ROD TO SLIDE THROUGH THE FORK RATHER THAN MOVE THE GEARS?
Yes, spot on (possibly). Remove transmission side cover, tighten or
reinstall locking bolt in 1st/2nd shift fork, reinstall side cover. There
is a bit smaller probability that the selector gate on the back end of the
same rod may have come loose, and there is a minute possibility that the
rod or the fork may have broken. Unfortunately, any of these fixes require
removal of the gearbox from the car, which in the caseof the Midget
requires pulling the engine.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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