[DeTomaso] Techno question:Clutch&Slave IIl

[Charles Engles]

Dear Jack, Larry, JT, David, Richard and SOB,


               Eureka!     With the shift gate plate removed ALL gears are available even with a freeway cruise.   So.....it appears to be a problem with adjustment of the shift linkage--first.     Then, I will see about fiddling with the lever arm thingee to obtain more than .023" disengagement.


                            The job continues,  Chuck Engles




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JDeRyke at aol.com 
  To: cengles at cox.net ; adin at frontier.net 
  Cc: detomaso at realbig.com 
  Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question:Clutch&Slave IIl


  In a message dated 10/18/07 7:25:46 PM, cengles at cox.net writes:


    If I really finagle it, then it can go into "fifth", but it is actually third by rpm readings.   No grinding.


  Chuck, what that 5th-in-the-shift-gate-but-really-3rd-in-the-ZF means is the long shift linkage rod is twisting when you try for some gears. This happens in autocross when you shift too fast, so I now suspect that your linkage is slightly mis-aligned. FWIW, I got this with a Hall 'fingerless' shift gate I recently added to a Pantera. I had to slightly enlarge the opening and slant the side of the cut-out for reverse before I could get all gears. If this is part of it, try taking the 4 screws out of the shift gate and trying it with things loose. If you then can get all gears, its the linkage adjustment, a loose support trunnion under the L. header or a slightly loose connecting bolt as it attaches to the ZF shaft. After you find the shift trouble, do something about that too-small disengagement distance in the clutch! Good luck- J DeRyke


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