[DeTomaso] 1972 Pantera shift linkage

[Will Kooiman]

Too much slack in the u-joints?

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Dave Londry
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 2:24 PM
To: Julian Kift
Cc: De Tomaso List
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 1972 Pantera shift linkage

  That's a good procedure.
Now just in case Bob has this one also....................

I can't get enough lateral travel.
When I set the turnbuckle with the shifter far enough to the right to 
get reverse, I scrape the right side of the 2nd gear gate.
When I re-centre it for 2nd & 4th, I can't get reverse.

You'd thing the console was up too high or something like that.
Anybody have an idea?
tks
dave


On 10/3/2010 8:21 AM, Julian Kift wrote:
> This is most certainly a shift rod alignment issue, did you remove both
ends of the shift linkage for painting?
>
> If the turnbuckle was not previously undone the shift rod may have been
reassembled with a u-joint offset by one spline, which is possible to do and
still get the bolt to go through the clamp.
>
> Remember that the turnbuckle has one right hand thread and one left hand
thread, so be sure to wrench in the right direction. Left hand threads are
normally moarked on the nut with a small nick/cut on the hexagonal ponts of
the nut. It sounds like you have undone the right hand nut, so try
tightening the other one and it should undo!
>
> For adjustment put the car in neutral and then adjust the turnbuckle so as
to center the gear stick in the middle of the gate neutral position as a
first approximation and the fine tune from there if need be. Be aware that a
very small movement on the turnbuckle is quite a change at the gear stick,
so much so that the act of retightening the turnbuckle can misalign
everything again if you don't hold it in the desired position whilst you
button everything up.
>
> Good luck,
> Julian
>
>> From: LEVITT1946 at aol.com
>> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:08:35 -0400
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] 1972 Pantera shift linkage
>>
>> Dear Friends ,
>>
>> My car is painted ,running and I cannot seem to get the car into gear ..
>>
>> I have tried adjusting the turn screw and the two bolts on the linkage .
I
>> can only move the bolt closest to the engine . When I loosen that bolt
the
>> car will go thru the gears but there is no reverse .
>>
>> I started the engine and used the clutch to run thru the gears . All
gears
>> seem to work but when i put the car in reverse she still moves forward .
>>
>> Ideas,
>>
>> Does the clutch need to be bled ?
>>
>> Does the linkage need adjusting? I cannot move it .It is frozen in place
>> .Use heat?
>>
>> Can this all be caused by needing to be bled more or is it an adjustment
at
>> the slave cylinder ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bob Levitt
>> Team Pantera Racing #3196
>> Gumball3000 #56
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