I don't have a gear shit lever in my car-------can you sescribe it?:)
> [Original Message]
> From: Ned Smith <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
> To: Austin-Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 12/7/05 10:33:42 AM
> Subject: Gear Box Cover
>
> I wanted to replace the nylon bushing at the end of the gear shit lever
so I
> removed the after-market leather boot and found the old rubber boot in
> pieces underneath. The 2.5 metal housing that holds the shift lever is
not
> centered in the 3.5 hole in the fiberglass gear box cover. It is way off.
> Looking down on the shift lever, the circle of the metal housing touches
the
> circle of the fiberglass hole at about 1:30 hours (boy I wish I could
send a
> picture). That leaves gaps of 1 at 6:00 and > at 9:00.
>
>
>
> Is this normal? Should I take up the gear box cover and reposition it to
> center the gear shift lever in the neutral position?
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>
> Ned Smith
>
> BJ8
>
> near Chattanooga, TN
>
> N34.98 W85.5
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