John,
Why not have the original shift lever re-threaded. A GT6 lever is shorter than
the Spitfire one and in my humble opinion, is a better
length because it shifts with less motion. Re-threading the broken one will
make it closer to the shorter GT6 length.
Joe
john matthews wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Since the "What happens if" thread seems to have morphed into a discussion
> about cars. And there is some MG content I thought I would ask this
> question.
>
> I have a single rail tranny from a '78 Spit in my Herald, but a while back I
> broke off the threaded part of the shift lever. I've just been driving it
> this way but I found a late model Midget at the local wrecker so I purchased
> the shift lever for $5.
>
> Upon installing it I found that the groove in the ball shaped thingy is
> located on the wrong side.
>
> Is there any way to rotate that ball shaped thingy on the shaft so my lever
> points toward the rear of the car instead of forward? This might be obvious
> when I clean the grease off it, but I thought I would ask here before I
> started. TIA...
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Matthews
> '61 Herald (with strange backward shift lever)
> '63 TR 4
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