[Spits] good news & bad news - shifter play.

[Doug Braun]

Possibly the shifter lever's ball (around which it
pivots) has fallen apart?  This happened to me once-
the shifter lever suddenly got real sloppy.  I
replaced the ball, and everything has been fine since.

(I have a 3-rail gearbox in my '72.)

Doug

--- Ryan Waltrip <s1500 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Good news: This year, it took less than a minute of
> starting effort to get the Spitty running this year.
> 
> Bad news: Too late in this year to drive it
> regularly. 2.5 months of unemployment & business
> from my new job leaves me no free time. Oh well.
> 
> I took it out for a spin yesterday just to keep the
> battery & such happy. Noticed one problem suddenly
> crop up. The gearshift has WAY too much front-back
> play. It stays in gear just great. The lockballs &
> springs are behaving as intended, but the lever is
> playing it fast & loose.
> 
> I can only assume the bullet-shaped thing with the
> spring hasn't siezed, but moreso is a bit stuck. Is
> there a way to get it back into working without a
> major dismantle process? I figure if I can somehow
> get some transmission lube along the rail, it will
> hopefully drip into the bullet crevice and spring it
> back up again. 
> 
> If you measure from the gearshift knob, there's
> about 1.5 inches of travel that wasn't there before.
> Is this an artifact from not driving it regularly?
> It shifts & drives otherwise perfectly. 
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