>> Joe,
>> Did you get the new shift extender installed? Don't remember you telling us
>> about it. How do you like it?
>> John
Hello John,
I sure did get the shifter installed. Your memory is slipping.... I wrote to
you about it a couple of months ago. But that's OK, I'll recap for you.
The shifter bolted on to the Cortina trans without a hitch, except that the
stickshift itself was positioned exactly under the wood of the dashboard.
The stick was about a foot long so this was an impossible situation. As you
would expect, I cut the stick down to about four inches (a really short throw
indeed) and now my knuckles just clear the bottom edge of the dash.
It works great - much sportier. One annoying defect is the reverse lockout
doesn't work at all and I constantly grind reverse when reaching for 2nd gear.
This is supposed to be prevented by a nylon blocker directly under the
stickshift, but the shifter is seated too high and misses the lockout edge.
I removed the nylon block and shaved it with a plane (a common tool for Morgan
repairs) and the situation improved greatly. However, after several weeks it
slowly regressed, so I still get an occasional crunch.
It is infinitely preferable to the old shifter. I've no regrets.
Regards,
Joe DeLuca
Sparta, NJ
'62 yellow 4/4
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