[DeTomaso] 1972 Pantera shift linkage

[Julian Kift]

Dave,
 
I have encountered this before and managed to correct it by adjusting the height of the trunnion bearing.
 
Good luck,
Julian
 
> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 12:24:24 -0700
> From: davel at emspace.com
> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com
> CC: levitt1946 at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> 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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