[Healeys] BJ8 Shifter stuck

[tomfelts at windstream.net]

---- John Snyder <helyjohn at cablespeed.com> wrote: 
> Same thing happened to me w/ my center shift BT7 MK2, except I was stuck in 
> reverse.  Very inconvenient   Shift lever just flopped around, and would not 
> engage anything.
> The small bottom "ball" of the shift lever had come out of its socket in the 
> remote shift rod that actually goes into the top of the transmission. 
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I've had the whole gear shift shaft come out in my hand.  Stuffed it back in and drove on for a long time.  shifting was pretty tough, but it was done effectively.  In my case the spring that holds the shifter in place broke.

tom