[DeTomaso] Techno question:Clutch&Slave IIl

[adin at frontier.net]

Hooray!!!!

Better than a new clutch.

best,



Quoting Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>:

> 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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