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Re: gearshift

To: Carolyn/Rick <walters@mail.softcom.net>
Subject: Re: gearshift
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:32:56 -0800
Cc: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>, spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <200001222254.OAA04977@schilling.ucdavis.edu> <388A8174.6FB8CD52@mail.softcom.net>
Glen,
     Do you have the straight gearshift lever or is it "bent" back towards the 
rear
of the car. Sometime in production they went from a straight lever to a bent 
one for
the same reason your describing.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite

Carolyn/Rick wrote:

> Hi Glen,
>
> had the same problem on Puddles.  Apparently it is the right height.  I solved
> it by just running a single key in a split apart in the ignition.  You know 
>the
> key chains that pull apart.  We decided that the best security was to place a
> switch in electric side of the fuel pump line.  This way if stolen it goes 
>about
> a half block and dies.  Because you are out in view most thief's will not try 
>to
> figure it out.  This is where my other keys hang.
>
> Rick
>
> Glen Byrns wrote:
>
> > Is it a common practice to cut down the shift lever on a bugeye?  Mine is so
> > close to the ignition keys that once or twice my hand has bumped the
> > dangling keys when shifting and turned off the ignition.  More of a problem
> > when gloved on cold mornings.  In fourth, they jangle atop the knob.  What
> > is a reasonable length that still shifts well?
> >                                         Regards, Glen Byrns
>
> --
> 52 MGTD,Sparky    74 MGB, B-tris    76 XJ12 Coupe, Jacque
> 60 Bugeye, Puddles      58 MGA Coupe, Ruby
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