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Forwarding to The List on behalf of Bob Begani:
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Subject: Healey Shift Stick
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:05:36 -0400
From: Bob Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com>
To: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
It seems I am not able to send to the Healey Group so I am writing to
you directly because you just wrote to Tom regarding trans shift problems.
Thanks for your help,
Bob Begani
*Sent:* Saturday, October 16, 2021 10:01 AM
*Subject:* FW: BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter
Listeners:
I wrote the letter below to the Group with no response, so maybe it went
astray. Meanwhile, I researched the archives for information and found
the following:
the thing happened to me w/ my center shift BT7 MK2, except I was stuck in
reverse. Very inconvenient  Shift lever just flopped around, and would not
engage anything.
The small bottom "ball" of the shift lever had come out of its socket in
the
remote shift rod that goes into the top of the transmission.
you have a Moss catalog, look at page 84, item #31. It is N/A, but you
can make one. Pull off the console and the cover of the transmission. If
my problem is the same as yours, one of the small "tits" on the end of the
bolt that goes into the side of the shift tower has broken off which allows
the shift lever to go past its normal range and disengage from its socket.
This "tit" fits into a slot in the side of the big ball on the shift lever,
controlling its side-to-side motion. If the lever goes too far to one side
of the other, it comes out of the socket and flops around.
Get a long bolt w/ the same threads as the broken one, check the overall
length, turn the end down so it will fit into the slot, and you are done.
So, I followed those instructions and found the tits were worn and no
longer fitting into the groove in the ball. My friend the machinist was
going to make new bolts, when we decided to remove the thick lock
washers and screwed bolts into the groove of the ball. With a little
adjustment of the length of the bolt into the grove, we got the shifter
to go through all the gears. My question to the Group, is this the
finished product? Or should we make new longer bolts. Does and one know
the length, and so on?
As I looked on the Moss catalog, I noticed that there should have been a
bushing at the bottom of the of the shift stick. The  into socket the
shift stick rides is not too worn, so I am hoping that a new bush and
circle clip, bearing grease assembly and so on will get me back on the
road.
Let me know if you have any suggestions,
Regards,
Bob Begani
BJ8 late model
*Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:48 AM
*Subject:* BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter
I backed the Healey out of the garage into the street, shifted into
first to straight out, into neutral and moved the shifter to the left
and noticed it when all the way left and that it is loose. The trans is
locked in reverse. When the engine is off the shifter is sloppy. So,
before I remove the shift stick from the trans, What should I do?
Bob Begani
67 BJ8
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It
seems I am not able to send to the Healey Group so I am
writing to you directly
because you just wrote to Tom regarding trans shift
problems. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thanks
for your help,</span></p>
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style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bob
Begani</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com";
style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"
moz-do-not-send="true">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com";
style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"
moz-do-not-send="true">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 16, 2021 10:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net";
style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Â </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Listeners:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I
wrote the letter below to the Group with no response, so
maybe it went
astray. Meanwhile, I researched the archives for
information and found
the following:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">the
thing happened to me w/ my center shift BT7 MK2, except I
was stuck in </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">reverse.Â
Very inconvenient  Shift lever just flopped around, and
would not </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">engage
anything.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
small bottom "ball" of the shift lever had come out of its
socket in
the </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">remote
shift rod that goes into the top of the transmission.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">you
have a Moss catalog, look at page 84, item #31. It is N/A,
but you </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">can
make one. Pull off the console and the cover of the
transmission. If </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">my
problem is the same as yours, one of the small "tits" on the
end of
the </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">bolt
that goes into the side of the shift tower has broken off
which allows </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">the
shift lever to go past its normal range and disengage from
its socket. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This
"tit" fits into a slot in the side of the big ball on the
shift
lever, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">controlling
its side-to-side motion. If the lever goes too far to one
side </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">of
the other, it comes out of the socket and flops around.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Get
a long bolt w/ the same threads as the broken one, check the
overall </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">length,
turn the end down so it will fit into the slot, and you are
done.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">So,
I followed those instructions and found the tits were worn
and no longer
fitting into the groove in the ball. My friend the machinist
was going to make
new bolts, when we decided to remove the thick lock washers
and screwed bolts
into the groove of the ball. With a little adjustment of
the length of
the bolt into the grove, we got the shifter to go through
all the gears.Â
My question to the Group, is this the finished product? Or
should we make
new longer bolts. Does and one know the length, and so
on?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As
I looked on the Moss catalog, I noticed that there should
have been a bushing
at the bottom of the of the shift stick. The  into socket
the shift
stick rides is not too worn, so I am hoping that a new bush
and circle clip,
bearing grease assembly and so on will get me back on the
road. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Let
me know if you have any suggestions,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bob
Begani</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BJ8
late model</span></p>
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style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com";
style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"
moz-do-not-send="true">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com";
style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"
moz-do-not-send="true">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net";
style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Â </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I
backed the Healey out of the garage into the street, shifted
into first to straight
out, into neutral and moved the shifter to the left and
noticed it when all the
way left and that it is loose. The trans is locked in
reverse. When
the engine is off the shifter is sloppy. So, before I
remove the shift
stick from the trans, What should I do?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bob
Begani </span></p>
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style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">67
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