Dear sirs,
First,
I left Tonys answer at the end. He knew what I thought.
Why I asked this is, my tranny was rebuild 2 years ago. Rebuild is a
wrong term, my son in law put it together from 2 items, from a baby Cuda
and a Super Minx. But that problem started right after rebuild, and so I
asked if he had tried to draw shifter axles with a spring balance, as
descripted in Workshop manual. He had not done this, so it seems to me
that the problem may lie in those tiny coil springs locating shifter
axles in their position with small steel balls.
For me this is not so important, in case I manage to rebuild and
exchange whole engine - tranny is easy to take with it. But if someone
has a problem like this, it would be a delight to cure it without
drawing that drive train out.
Yours
Larry
Tony wrote:
Sir- the hole is there so you can remove the shifter assembly prior to
removing the transmission and engine. You can not access the tranny from
this hole, only the shifter. If you are planning on removing the engine
that
is the time to work on the tranny. I believe you will be forced to pull
the
carpet back to access the screws etc. but after everything is
reinstalled it
is easy to reglue the carpet back in place. 3M makes an excellent
adhsive
used just for carpets. Im not an expert tranny person but think you
should
check the lubricant level to make sure it is at the correct ammount. Im
not
sure if you car has a piolet shaft bearing but if it does, when worn,
they
will cause the tranny to jump out of gear. Hopefully a better qualified
person can ofer a better suggestion. I would address the problem when
changing the engine. You can pull the engine and tranny together as one
unit
but I think you will still have to remove the metal cover you mentioned
so
to access the shifter lever and remove it prior to removing the
tranmission.
Good luck, Tony
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