[DeTomaso] Second Detent for shifter (Re: Here's what the Corvette folks think.)

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Yup, lots of people on this forum have done just that.

Asa jay


Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1973 Pantera L 5533
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Jar wrote:
> Gentlemen:
>
> This bit caught my attention, as I find myself not shifting as  
> smoothly as I'd like to despite repeated and concentrated effort to do  
> so:
>
> there is a redundant shift detent system built into both the car and  
> the transaxel, apparently the designer of the car and the designer of  
> the transaxel had a lack of communication. these two systems have a  
> tendancy to fight eachother. the fix is to eleminate the car system  
> and let the transaxel do its job. to do this you simply unbolt the  
> shiftplate from the center consol, take the bolt/plug out of the  
> shifter housing directly behind the stick and remove the spring and  
> use a magnet tool to take out the check ball--problem solved.
> you also have to adjust the trunion bearing on the shifter shaft just  
> below the DS engine exhaust manifold to get great shifting.
>
>
> What do you guys make of this?
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