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nomadczm
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 Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:24 am Post subject: Shift pattern is all crazy |
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Got a project buggy I'm working on and it's got a really messed up shift pattern.
1st gear is nothing, second gear is reverse, 3rd is first, 4th is second, then I have to push down on the shifter(like you normally do when you need to shift into reverse) to shift over and up into 3rd and fourth is below that.
A mechanic that I don't have a lot of faith in said something about it could being something not welded correctly, I've got no idea. |
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Shift pattern is all crazy |
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Pull the shift lever out and have a look at the shift rod bushing. also look at the shift rod bushing carrier. I had one break a year back and it did just you have described. don't forget to check the condition of the shift rod coupler under the inspection plate behind the seats.
Good Luck.
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Howard 111
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Shift pattern is all crazy |
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Can you take out the shifter without disturbing the plate it's mounted over, and get a picture of how that plate is positioned? It could be upside down, backwards, even missing.
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nomadczm
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:01 am Post subject: Re: Shift pattern is all crazy |
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| Howard 111 wrote: |
| Can you take out the shifter without disturbing the plate it's mounted over, and get a picture of how that plate is positioned? It could be upside down, backwards, even missing. |
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nomadczm
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Shift pattern is all crazy |
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| Howard 111 wrote: |
| Can you take out the shifter without disturbing the plate it's mounted over, and get a picture of how that plate is positioned? It could be upside down, backwards, even missing. |
The coupler is brand new. And I think it was the shift rod bushing carrier that the mechanic said may be welded incorrectly. The pan has been shortened and has a small manx style body on it.
But I don't have much faith in this mechanic as he is the one that told me it runs and shift's fine when I called him up to pick up the buggy after he had been working on it. Then I found out the Steering box is garbage, shift's like crap, ran brake lines on the floorboards of the tub among other things.. So yeah. |
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jason
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Shift pattern is all crazy |
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| Get a shifter base that isnt drilled with a punch. |
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Dale M.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Shift pattern is all crazy |
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For starters I would get new bushing in support under shifter and new lock out plate and shifter... If that does not help I would pull shift rod and install a adjustable adapter to get shift rod length and angle correct... Everything from coupler forward is suspect from way you describe problem and way shift rod may have been shortened...
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