[DeTomaso] Gumball pantera reverse shifting issues back again

[Julian Kift]

One of mine has a tendency to want to grind occasionally when coming to a halt and selecting reverse, FWIW in my case a shift into first before selecting reverse always seems to cure it.
 
Julian
 
> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:59:26 -0700
> From: forestg at att.net
> To: daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Gumball pantera reverse shifting issues back again
> 
> Since he says it grinds when trying to engage and that if he kills the engine it 
> goes in fine then it is not likely a shift linkage adjustment but rather a 
> clutch disengagment issue. I would look at clutch adjustment first.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Daniel C Jones <daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 8:44:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Gumball pantera reverse shifting issues back again
> 
> > I pulled over into a parking lot and tried reverse gear . To my
> > astonishment....NO REVERSE....Just grinding so I backed off .If I shut the 
> > engine off
> > I can shift into reverse and then start up and the ZF will go into
> > reverse.
> 
> If it was shifting fine then suddenly not, check each of the u-joints
> as one may have slipped.  Remember there is one in the passenger
> compartment, under the center console.
> 
> Dan Jones
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