Thanks all who replied to my questions about the TD transmission. I
love the information readily at hand from belonging to these groups
and I did figure out what was going on.
The early TD transmission had a in the shift lever housing with a
stop for the 3rd/4th shifter shaft at the rear, the while the later
TD had a hole with a bearing for greater support with a longer shaft
instead of the stop. They added a circlip to the opposite end of the
shaft to prevent the 3rd/4th shifter shaft from overshooting in 3rd
since a stop was no longer present.
judging from the marks at the end of the shaft, whoever worked on the
transmission last, took a later shaft and cut it down to fit except
they left the shaft about 3/16" too long which didn't allow the lever
to move completely into third.
I whipped out my metal cutter and took off 3"16 from the end of the
shaft and it shifts perfectly.
Mike
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