> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bowley, Glenn (GC CT)
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 4:18 PM
> To: 'N.A. Campiglia III'; Bowley, Glenn (GC CT)
> Subject: RE: Single rail shifter gone waco!!
>
> I believe it was from Moss, but I also do business with TRF. I usually buy
> from whoever has the part in stock. It wasn't the ball on the shifter, it
> was the plastic bushing that has the "socket" for the ball that's on the
> gear shift lever. I would pry off the sheet metal cap that's on the end of
> the tranny, and see if this is indeed the problem. You should be able to
> tell immediately if the bushing is broken. Mine had just a few pieces of
> the bushing left rolling around in the housing. It was like night and day
> when I put the new bushing in, shifted perfectly. The previous owner
> thought that the tranny was shot, easy fix though.
> Glenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N.A. Campiglia III [SMTP:spitdrvr@camalott.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 3:20 PM
> To: Bowley, Glenn (GC CT)
> Subject: Re: Single rail shifter gone waco!!
>
> Thanks Glen.
>
> Where did you get the ball?
>
> Nick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bowley, Glenn (GC CT) <glenn.bowley@gerbercoburn.com>
> To: 'N.A. Campiglia III' <spitdrvr@camalott.com>; Spit list
> <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 2:24 PM
> Subject: RE: Single rail shifter gone waco!!
>
>
> > My 75 was the same way when I purchased it. It turned out to be only the
> > plastic bushing that the ball on the shifter sits in. The thing was
> totally
> > disintegrated, I put in a new one and it fixed the whole problem.
> > Glenn Bowley
> > '75 Spit FM30644U
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: N.A. Campiglia III [SMTP:spitdrvr@camalott.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 2:57 PM
> > > To: Spit list
> > > Subject: Single rail shifter gone waco!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Listers,
> > > I installed a single rail gearbox in my '74 last year. When I did I
> used
> > > a
> > > USED shifter that was given to me, yesterday it went to pot. The
> movement
> > > is very sloppy and you dont have to push down to get reverse, which is
> > > scary
> > > to say the least.... Will the ball and spring that I see in the VB
> > > catalog
> > > fix this problem?? Any one have any hints??
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Nick
> > > N.A. Campiglia III
> > > '67 Spitfire MKIII
> > > '74 Spitfire 1500
> > > http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
> > >
|