<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Later cars had 1/4 inch bolts to replace the roll pins. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 18, 2021, at 6:59 PM, Harold Manifold via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Bob x 2,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The gear shift is not held in place by bolts it is held in place with two roll pins on each side. The roll pins I have measure 0.1755” diameter x 0.59” long. The pins are removed by driving them into the round part of the gear shift lever. BMC part number is AEA558, item #118 on the attached. I just happened to remove a gear shift a couple of days ago.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Harold</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">Bob Spidell</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, October 18, 2021 2:17 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] Fwd: Healey Shift Stick</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Forwarding to The List on behalf of Bob Begani:<br><br>ps. Bob, check your email client for 'unread messages' or similar, List emails are arriving to me out of sequence.<br><br><br>-------- Forwarded Message -------- <o:p></o:p></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b>Subject: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">Healey Shift Stick<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b>Date: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:05:36 -0400<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b>From: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">Bob Begani <a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com"><rfbegani@gmail.com></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b>To: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">Bob Spidell <a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It seems I am not able to send to the Healey Group so I am writing to you directly because you just wrote to Tom regarding trans shift problems. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks for your help,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob Begani</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a> <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 16, 2021 10:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"><span style="color:#0563C1">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</span></a><br><b>Subject:</b> FW: BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Listeners:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I wrote the letter below to the Group with no response, so maybe it went astray. Meanwhile, I researched the archives for information and found the following:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the thing happened to me w/ my center shift BT7 MK2, except I was stuck in </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">reverse. Very inconvenient Shift lever just flopped around, and would not </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">engage anything.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The small bottom "ball" of the shift lever had come out of its socket in the </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">remote shift rod that goes into the top of the transmission.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">you have a Moss catalog, look at page 84, item #31. It is N/A, but you </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">can make one. Pull off the console and the cover of the transmission. If </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">my problem is the same as yours, one of the small "tits" on the end of the </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">bolt that goes into the side of the shift tower has broken off which allows </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the shift lever to go past its normal range and disengage from its socket. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This "tit" fits into a slot in the side of the big ball on the shift lever, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">controlling its side-to-side motion. If the lever goes too far to one side </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">of the other, it comes out of the socket and flops around.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Get a long bolt w/ the same threads as the broken one, check the overall </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">length, turn the end down so it will fit into the slot, and you are done.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So, I followed those instructions and found the tits were worn and no longer fitting into the groove in the ball. My friend the machinist was going to make new bolts, when we decided to remove the thick lock washers and screwed bolts into the groove of the ball. With a little adjustment of the length of the bolt into the grove, we got the shifter to go through all the gears. My question to the Group, is this the finished product? Or should we make new longer bolts. Does and one know the length, and so on?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As I looked on the Moss catalog, I noticed that there should have been a bushing at the bottom of the of the shift stick. The into socket the shift stick rides is not too worn, so I am hoping that a new bush and circle clip, bearing grease assembly and so on will get me back on the road. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Let me know if you have any suggestions,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob Begani</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BJ8 late model</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a> <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"><span style="color:#0563C1">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</span></a><br><b>Subject:</b> BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I backed the Healey out of the garage into the street, shifted into first to straight out, into neutral and moved the shifter to the left and noticed it when all the way left and that it is loose. The trans is locked in reverse. When the engine is off the shifter is sloppy. So, before I remove the shift stick from the trans, What should I do?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob Begani </span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">67 BJ8</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><Plate FC_ Illustration_ A8442.pdf></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Suggested annual donation $12.75</span><br><span></span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Healeys@autox.team.net</span><br><span>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyguy@aol.com</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>