- 1. Ribcase gearbox question (score: 1)
- Author: "David Camp" <dxcamp@bsink.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 07:54:43 -0400
- After a 3 year restoration, my bugeye is finally almost ready to put back on the road - EXCEPT for one minor problem - no reverse. It has a 1275 and a ribcast gearbox - 1 thru 4 work great, but I can
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg01034.html (7,252 bytes)
- 2. Re: Ribcase gearbox question (score: 1)
- Author: "David Camp" <dxcamp@bsink.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 09:32:59 -0400
- Thanks for the reply Charlie, I never removed the cover on the side when I orginally removed the shifter, so I might already be screwed. The shifter will not move any farther to the right than the 3r
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg01035.html (7,740 bytes)
- 3. Re: Ribcase gearbox question (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Asgeirsson" <pasgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 07:50:27 -0700
- Hi David, That "22" type piece and it's spring is just a shift lever anti rattle device. Best kept in a baggie with it's small spring until the trans/engine combo is in the car. If the trans is still
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg01041.html (8,511 bytes)
- 4. Re: Ribcase gearbox question (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 16:05:09 -0400
- BTDT. The little plunger gets corroded or gunked up. That is the reverse plunger or whatever it is called. If you look real close on the far right of the shifter hole you will see the plunger. Squirt
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg01051.html (7,018 bytes)
- 5. Re: Ribcase gearbox question (score: 1)
- Author: "David Camp" <dxcamp@bsink.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:13:18 -0400
- The problem was I had the springy thing in the wrong hole (ouch!) and the reverse plunger was froze. I inserted it in the right hole (with the appropriate sweet nothings) and unfroze the plunger and
- /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg01059.html (8,156 bytes)
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