[Spridgets] Anybody have a dead ribcase out back?

[David Booker]

Thanks for the link, Bill. Not sure of the dimensions of the missing piece,
but will look into these more deeply this weekend.
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 From: "corvallis at peoplepc.com"
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To: spridgets at autox.team.net 
Sent: Friday, September
27, 2013 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Anybody have a dead ribcase out
back?
 

https://www.google.com/#q=%22anti-rattle%22+plunger+and+spring+bolt
bill in oregon
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From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rick Fisk
Sent: Friday,
September 27, 2013 6:52 AM
To: David Booker
Cc: spridget
Subject: Re:
[Spridgets] Anybody have a dead ribcase out back?

Hello David,

I believe the
bolt you are referring to is the bolt that retains the
"anti-rattle" plunger
and spring.  I don't have a spare the size you need,
but
these parts can be
left out and the trans will still work fine.  All they do
is stop the shifter
from rattling.  They can be added later even with the
trans in the car.

Sent
from my keyboard
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On Sep
27, 2013, at 8:27 AM, David Booker <tncarnut1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I need a
part from a dead ribcase tranny. I'm in the process of swapping
mine
> out
with another I bought because a tooth from my first gear decided a
> sedentary
life amongst the dredges in the bottom of the box was more
alluring
> than the
constant-motion life up near the top.
>
> Anyway. The tranny I bought
> is
missing a little bolt on the driver side near the top of the rear
portion
> of
the shifter remote linkage mechanism. The bolt has a very thin head on
it
>
(as in it doesn't stick out very far from the surface it is threaded into)
The
> bolt shaft is hollow and holds a spring with a metal cap over the end.
This
> cap presses against the shift levers inside and I believe helps to locate
>
neutral. This entire bolt is missing from my "new" tranny.
>
> My initial
>
thought was "no big deal, just take the one from my old tranny and be done
>
with it". Good thought, but... As it turns out, there are two different
sizes
> of these bolts. My car is a '71. Thanks to Brian Seavey, I know that a
>
smoothcase tranny has the same (too large) bolt as my ribcase does.
>
> The
>
diameter of the too-large bolt shaft is around 1/2". Thread size I need is
>
3/8" coarse.
>
> Since the Smoothcase is the same as my '71, I'm thinking it
may
> need to come from a RWA car??
>
> So... If you could all go look at any
dead
> tranny's you may have out behind the garage. I'd REALLY appreciate it
if
you'd
> let me buy this bolt and the spring and cap inside it..  I can't
buttion
> everything up till I find one.
>
> Help!  Thanks folks!
>
> - David
Booker
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