![]() ![]() Given that it might take some time to resolve the issue if its internal to the trans, I decided to drive the car as-is to the DMV for its VIN inspection as a required part of titling the car in Oregon from an out-of-state title, which must be completed in 30 days (since the seller dated the title transfer While he had the car, there is another note about the shifter springs being replaced, about 20k miles ago. I misread some documentation that came with the car about the trans, thinking it was rebuilt as some point, but the note by Alisoun is that the owner prior to him *might* have rebuilt the trans, circa 1995 or so. ![]() Unless any of you think that more leverage might cause further damage inside the trans? I already tried loosening the linkage, moving the stick to the drivers side and re-tightening, but didn't help.Īnd not to second guess you Greg, but are you sure 5th wasn't missing earlier? There were several times I thought I was in 5th, but running the rpms up with it in gear and the rear end lifted and comparing tach and speed told me I was in 3rd not 5th. ![]() Greg, I should have asked you about this car BEFORE I bought it.Īnyways, I think I will try the suggestion to remove the shoulder bolt and make a tighter connection to the trans shift rod, see if that gives me any additional leverage. be thankful this appears to be an EXTERNAL issue to the trans. Nice feel with nice snick-snick-snick shifting. I ended up removing the floating bolt and bolting it TIGHT to the shift rod. My '79 does not have a lollipop, but has a LINK and with two bolts to the shifter and a FLOATING bolt the attaches it to the trans shift rod. The FIX that day was to remove the screws, drill a 1/4 inch hole through everything. Going under one car I found a lollipop with THREE self-tapping drywall screws run through it to stiffen it up. Usually softened from grease or oil over the years. I have also found a few problems with lollipops as well. Several factors like the motor mounts and other tunnel intrusions have PROVEN to sideline us at one time or another. The shifter itself can be limiting movement necessary to reach those gears and it is the lollipop or link that will usually cure the problem when properly adjusted. Am I missing something?īesides those two bolts, the only other bolt is on the transmission side of the lollipop and the bolt going through is collared so that it pivots, and there doesn't seem to be any real adjustment there. Since the rod and the lollipop rod are both flat pieces of metal, I don't get how adjustments here translate into adjustments to the rotation, or left/right movement of the shifter. That adjustment seems to be mostly just for shortening or lengthening the effective length of the rod, so I can see how it would adjust whether things are going into gears when you move the shift knob forwards and backwards (one of my adjustments had it too 'long' so that it wouldn't stay in 4th for instance, because there wasn't enough 'pull' left). There is only one place to adjust the linkage that I'm aware of, that being where the shift rod connects to the lollipop. Sounds good in theory, but I'm missing something in practice? ![]() I'll try and add a foto as the old pictures are gone. This stud, used in conjunction with the factory stud at the "4 o'clock position" will usually center the transmission's input shaft perfectly into the clutch plate. I also used an "alignment stud" at the "2 o'clock position" made from a 12 x 1.25 bolt with the head cut off and a slot sawed into the end to unscrew it. I installed my trans alone one day in about 1/2 hour using this method. The trans weighs about 91 pounds and the pulley system (or an engine hoist, cherry-picker style) is really the way to go. Rudy's photos show a floor jack but its not needed really. and roll the car fore and aft, to get the trans where I wanted it. I could then position the trans right or left. A second time I installed two bike hooks horizontally on the ceiling across the back of the car, then made a ROPE GANTRY between them. I used a bike hook into a rafter and a 2 or 3/1 pulley and went straight up and down with it above the car. ![]()
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