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A small, but important point. Be sure to use the correct item #116-the=
=0Abushing for the shifter. The earlier cars used a brass bush, and the=
=0ABJs used a plastic one. They are not interchangeable. Hank=0A=0A=09--=
---------------------------------------From: "Harold Manifold via=0AHeal=
eys" =0ATo: "Bob Spidell", "Healeys", "rfbegani@gmail.com"=0ACc: =0ASent=
: Monday October 18 2021 4:00:56PM=0ASubject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Healey=
Shift Stick=0A=0A=09Bob x 2, =0A=0A=09The gear shift is not held in pla=
ce by bolts it is held in place with=0Atwo roll pins on each side. The r=
oll pins I have measure 0.1755=E2=80=9D=0Adiameter x 0.59=E2=80=9D long.=
The pins are removed by driving them into the=0Around part of the gear=
shift lever. BMC part number is AEA558, item=0A#118 on the attached. I=
just happened to remove a gear shift a couple=0Aof days ago. =0A=0A=09H=
arold =0A=0A=09FROM: Bob Spidell=0ASENT: Monday, October 18, 2021 2:17 P=
M=0ATO: Healeys=0ASUBJECT: [Healeys] Fwd: Healey Shift Stick =0A=0A=09F=
orwarding to The List on behalf of Bob Begani:=0A=0A ps. Bob, check your=
email client for 'unread messages' or similar,=0AList emails are arrivi=
ng to me out of sequence.=0A=0A -------- Forwarded Message -------- =0A=
=0A=09 SUBJECT: =0A=0A=09Healey Shift Stick =0A=0A=09 DATE: =0A=0A=
=09Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:05:36 -0400 =0A=0A=09 FROM: =0A=0A=09Bob Began=
i =0A=0A=09 TO: =0A=0A=09Bob Spidell =0A=0A=09It seems I am not ab=
le to send to the Healey Group so I am writing to=0Ayou directly because=
you just wrote to Tom regarding trans shift=0Aproblems. =0A=0A=09Thank=
s for your help, =0A=0A=09Bob Begani =0A=0A=09FROM: rfbegani@gmail.com=
=0ASENT: Saturday, October 16, 2021 10:01 AM=0ATO: healeys-bounces@auto=
x.team.net=0ASUBJECT: FW: BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter =0A=0A=
=09Listeners: =0A=0A=09I wrote the letter below to the Group with no res=
ponse, so maybe it=0Awent astray. Meanwhile, I researched the archives f=
or information and=0Afound the following: =0A=0A=09the thing happened to=
me w/ my center shift BT7 MK2, except I was=0Astuck in =0A=0A=09reverse=
. Very inconvenient Shift lever just flopped around, and would=0Anot =0A=
=0A=09engage anything. =0A=0A=09The small bottom "ball" of the shift lev=
er had come out of its socket=0Ain the =0A=0A=09remote shift rod that go=
es into the top of the transmission. =0A=0A=09you have a Moss catalog, l=
ook at page 84, item #31. It is N/A, but=0Ayou =0A=0A=09can make one. Pu=
ll off the console and the cover of the transmission.=0AIf =0A=0A=09my p=
roblem is the same as yours, one of the small "tits" on the end=0Aof the=
=0A=0A=09bolt that goes into the side of the shift tower has broken off=
which=0Aallows =0A=0A=09the shift lever to go past its normal range and=
disengage from its=0Asocket. =0A=0A=09This "tit" fits into a slot in th=
e side of the big ball on the shift=0Alever, =0A=0A=09controlling its si=
de-to-side motion. If the lever goes too far to one=0Aside =0A=0A=09of t=
he other, it comes out of the socket and flops around. =0A=0A=09Get a lo=
ng bolt w/ the same threads as the broken one, check the=0Aoverall =0A=
=0A=09length, turn the end down so it will fit into the slot, and you ar=
e=0Adone. =0A=0A=09So, I followed those instructions and found the tits=
were worn and no=0Alonger fitting into the groove in the ball. My frien=
d the machinist=0Awas going to make new bolts, when we decided to remove=
the thick lock=0Awashers and screwed bolts into the groove of the ball.=
With a little=0Aadjustment of the length of the bolt into the grove, we=
got the=0Ashifter to go through all the gears. My question to the Group=
, is this=0Athe finished product? Or should we make new longer bolts. Do=
es and one=0Aknow the length, and so on? =0A=0A=09As I looked on the Mos=
s catalog, I noticed that there should have=0Abeen a bushing at the bott=
om of the of the shift stick. The into=0Asocket the shift stick rides is=
not too worn, so I am hoping that a=0Anew bush and circle clip, bearing=
grease assembly and so on will get=0Ame back on the road. =0A=0A=09Let=
me know if you have any suggestions, =0A=0A=09Regards, =0A=0A=09Bob Beg=
ani =0A=0A=09BJ8 late model =0A=0A=09FROM: rfbegani@gmail.com =0ASENT: T=
hursday, October 14, 2021 11:48 AM=0ATO: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net=
=0ASUBJECT: BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter =0A=0A=09I backed th=
e Healey out of the garage into the street, shifted into=0Afirst to stra=
ight out, into neutral and moved the shifter to the left=0Aand noticed i=
t when all the way left and that it is loose. The trans=0Ais locked in r=
everse. When the engine is off the shifter is sloppy.=0ASo, before I rem=
ove the shift stick from the trans, What should I do? =0A=0A=09Bob Began=
i =0A=0A=0967 BJ8 =0A=0A=09
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<html><body>A small, but important point. Be sure to use the corre=
ct item #116-the bushing for the shifter. The earlier cars used a brass=
bush, and the BJs used a plastic one. They are not interchangeable. Han=
k<br><br><div class=3D"reply-new-signature"></div><p>-------------------=
----------------------</p>From: "Harold Manifold via Healeys" <healeys@a=
utox.team.net><br>To: "Bob Spidell", "Healeys", "rfbegani@gmail.com"<br>=
Cc: <br>Sent: Monday October 18 2021 4:00:56PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys]=
Fwd: Healey Shift Stick<br><br>=0A<div class=3D"WordSection1">=0A<p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal">Bob x 2,</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A<p c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal">The gear shift is not held in place by bolts=0Ait is=
held in place with two roll pins on each side. The roll pins=0AI have m=
easure 0.1755=E2=80=9D diameter x 0.59=E2=80=9D long. The pins are remov=
ed=0Aby driving them into the round part of the gear shift lever. BMC=0A=
part number is AEA558, item #118 on the attached. I just happened=0Ato r=
emove a gear shift a couple of days ago.</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">&n=
bsp;</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Harold</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">&n=
bsp;</p>=0A<div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1pt;paddin=
g:3pt 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"border:none;paddi=
ng:0in;"><b>From:</b>=0A<a>Bob Spidell</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, Octob=
er 18, 2021 2:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a>Healeys</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Hea=
leys] Fwd: Healey Shift Stick</p>=0A</div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">&nbs=
p;</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al">Forwarding to The List on behalf of Bob=0ABegani:<br><br>=0Aps. Bob,=
check your email client for 'unread messages' or similar,=0AList emails=
are arriving to me out of sequence.<br><br><br>=0A-------- Forwarded Me=
ssage --------</p>=0A<table class=3D"MsoNormalTable" border=3D"0" cellsp=
acing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody><tr><td nowrap=3D"" valign=3D"top"=
style=3D"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"r=
ight" style=3D"text-align:right;">=0A<b>Subject:</b></p>=0A</td>=0A<td s=
tyle=3D"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Healey Shift=
Stick</p>=0A</td>=0A</tr><tr><td nowrap=3D"" valign=3D"top" style=3D"pa=
dding:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"right" style=
=3D"text-align:right;">=0A<b>Date:</b></p>=0A</td>=0A<td style=3D"paddin=
g:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:05:36=
-0400</p>=0A</td>=0A</tr><tr><td nowrap=3D"" valign=3D"top" style=3D"pa=
dding:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"right" style=
=3D"text-align:right;">=0A<b>From:</b></p>=0A</td>=0A<td style=3D"paddin=
g:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Bob Begani <a><rfbegani=
@gmail.com></a></p>=0A</td>=0A</tr><tr><td nowrap=3D"" valign=3D"top"=
style=3D"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"r=
ight" style=3D"text-align:right;">=0A<b>To:</b></p>=0A</td>=0A<td style=
=3D"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Bob Spidell <a>&=
lt;bspidell@comcast.net></a></p>=0A</td>=0A</tr></tbody></table><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12pt;"> </p>=0A<div>=0A<p=
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial, sa=
ns-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fon=
t-size:18pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">It seems I am not=0Aable to=
send to the Healey Group so I am writing to you directly=0Abecause you=
just wrote to Tom regarding trans shift=0Aproblems. </span></p>=0A=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,=
sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Thanks for your=0Ahelp,</=
span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:18pt;font-fa=
mily:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Bob=0ABegani</=
span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:18pt;font-fa=
mily:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>F=
rom:</b> <a><span style=3D"color:#0563C1;">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a>=
<<a><span style=3D"color:#0563C1;">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a>>=
<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 16, 2021 10:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a><s=
pan style=3D"color:#0563C1;">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</span></a><b=
r><b>Subject:</b> FW: BJ8 4 speed transmission center shifter</p>=0A<p c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Listeners:</span></p>=0A<p=
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sa=
ns-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fon=
t-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">I wrote the=0Aletter below t=
o the Group with no response, so maybe it went=0Aastray. Meanwhile=
, I researched the archives for information=0Aand found the following:</=
span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-fa=
mily:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">the thing=0Aha=
ppened to me w/ my center shift BT7 MK2, except I was stuck=0Ain</span><=
/p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:A=
rial, sans-serif;">reverse. =0AVery inconvenient Shift=
lever just flopped around, and=0Awould not</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">en=
gage=0Aanything.</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font=
-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The small bottom=0A"ball" of=
the shift lever had come out of its socket in=0Athe</span></p>=0A<p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-s=
erif;">remote shift rod=0Athat goes into the top of the transmission.</s=
pan></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-fam=
ily:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span=
style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">you have a Moss=
=0Acatalog, look at page 84, item #31. It is N/A, but=0Ayou</span>=
</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:=
Arial, sans-serif;">can make=0Aone. Pull off the console and the c=
over of the transmission.=0AIf</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span=
style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">my problem is t=
he=0Asame as yours, one of the small "tits" on the end of the</span></p>=
=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Aria=
l, sans-serif;">bolt that goes=0Ainto the side of the shift tower has br=
oken off which=0Aallows</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=
=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">the shift lever=0Ato=
go past its normal range and disengage from its=0Asocket.</span></p>=0A=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,=
sans-serif;">This "tit" fits=0Ainto a slot in the side of the big ball=
on the shift=0Alever,</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=
=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">controlling its=0Asid=
e-to-side motion. If the lever goes too far to one=0Aside</span></=
p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Ar=
ial, sans-serif;">of the other, it=0Acomes out of the socket and flops a=
round.</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt=
;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Get a long bolt=0Aw/ the same threads a=
s the broken one, check the overall</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=
<span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">length, tu=
rn the=0Aend down so it will fit into the slot, and you are done.</span>=
</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:=
Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span sty=
le=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">So, I followed=0Ath=
ose instructions and found the tits were worn and no longer=0Afitting in=
to the groove in the ball. My friend the machinist was=0Agoing to make n=
ew bolts, when we decided to remove the thick lock=0Awashers and screwed=
bolts into the groove of the ball. With a=0Alittle adjustment of=
the length of the bolt into the grove, we got=0Athe shifter to go throu=
gh all the gears. My question to the=0AGroup, is this the finished=
product? Or should we make new=0Alonger bolts. Does and one know=
the length, and so on?</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=
=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<=
p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, s=
ans-serif;">As I looked on=0Athe Moss catalog, I noticed that there shou=
ld have been a bushing=0Aat the bottom of the of the shift stick. =
The into=0Asocket the shift stick rides is not too worn, so I am=
hoping that a=0Anew bush and circle clip, bearing grease assembly and s=
o on will=0Aget me back on the road. </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">&nb=
sp;</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;fo=
nt-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Let me know if=0Ayou have any suggestions,=
</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-=
family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Regards,</sp=
an></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-fami=
ly:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span=
style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Bob=0ABegani</s=
pan></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-fam=
ily:Arial, sans-serif;">BJ8 late=0Amodel</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNor=
mal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> =
;</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a><span style=3D"col=
or:#0563C1;">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a> <<a><span style=3D"color:#=
0563C1;">rfbegani@gmail.com</span></a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, Oct=
ober 14, 2021 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a><span style=3D"color:#0563C1;">h=
ealeys-bounces@autox.team.net</span></a><br><b>Subject:</b> BJ8 4 speed=
transmission center shifter</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A<=
p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, s=
ans-serif;">I backed the=0AHealey out of the garage into the street, shi=
fted into first to=0Astraight out, into neutral and moved the shifter to=
the left and=0Anoticed it when all the way left and that it is loose.&n=
bsp; The=0Atrans is locked in reverse. When the engine is off the=
=0Ashifter is sloppy. So, before I remove the shift stick from=0At=
he trans, What should I do?</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span=
></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family=
:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Bob=0ABegani =
</span></p>=0A</div>=0A</div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">67 BJ8</span></p>=0A<p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A</div>=0A</healeys@autox.team.net></body></=
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