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Re: [oletrucks] Jammed Linkage on Saginaw 4 Speed

To: IDPHR@aol.com, oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Jammed Linkage on Saginaw 4 Speed
From: "Old GMC Pickup" <truxrme@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 15:05:32 -0500
Go to the automatic, make your life easier!!!!


>From: IDPHR@aol.com
>Reply-To: IDPHR@aol.com
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: [oletrucks] Jammed Linkage on Saginaw 4 Speed
>Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:24:38 EDT
>
>I have tried everything I know or have been told about fixing the jamming
>problem with my Saginaw 4spd. The linkage continually jams in 2nd gear. I
>have spoken to people at Patrick's where I bought the trans and
>shifter/linkage (Hurst) and to Hurst service people and nobody seems to 
>have
>a definitive fix. We set up the linkage per instructions (hole alignment w/
>1/4" screwdriver) tighten it up and it works fine for about a week or two
>then it jams...always in 2nd. I can drive the truck('51 3100) if I go from
>1st to 3rd. I received a suggestion that it might be the lock nut on the
>shift rod...but that didn't change my luck. Can anyone help me before I 
>have
>to go automatic!
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959


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