[Healeys] Fw: Trans locked in reverse

[John Snyder]

Dan White sent me an email asking for details on what happened, and I 
replied.  He suggested that I copy my reply to the List, so here it is.

John Snyder



> Dan,
>
> As I shifted into reverse, the shift lever went too far to the left as it 
> went into reverse.  Then the lever just flopped around, and nothing would 
> work.  There are 2 threaded "pins" in the casting where the lever fits. 
> These pins fit into slots in the lever and keep the lever from going too 
> far to the left (reverse) or right (past 3/4 gears).  One pin was missing, 
> allowing the lever to go too far to the left.  The ball on the end of the 
> lever popped out of the socket on the remote shift rod.  If you have a 
> Moss catalog, look at item #31 in the "External Gearbox Centershift" 
> drawing. Replacement pins are NA.  I bought some 1/4" NC bolts, turned the 
> threaded end down so it would fit in the slot and replaced both the 
> missing pin and the one that was there.
>
> A friend in Vancouver, BC who repairs Healeys told me that sometimes the 
> end of the pin brakes off.  My remaining pin looked bad so changed both.
>
> John