In a message dated 8/24/2003 11:27:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, joe@ados.com
writes:
> I had an interesting issue with the shifter in my Spit when I went to drive
> it
> to work this morning. It will no longer go into reverse. When you press
> down
> on the lever to allow it to go into the reverse gate, it doesn't move down
> as
> far as it used to and will not allow you to get it into the gate for
> reverse.
> There is a bit of a rattling noise when you push it up and down, so I'm
> guessing something in the shifter has either broken or come loose...Is it a
> replace the shifter issue or can it likely be repaired?
Assuming this is a three-rail gearbox, sounds to me as if one or more of the
various bushings in the linkage has gone away. Odds are that a rebushing kit
(Triumph p/n 519770; around $34 from all the usual suspects) will take care of
the problem.
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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