[DeTomaso] centering device of shifter

Robert Fluty bobfluty at att.net
Sat Mar 17 11:11:23 EDT 2012


Better yet, hang onto Chuck's words and go to Mike Dailey's Pantera Place 
website....the technical section is a gold mine!  Here's the link to the 
Removing Shifter Detent: http://www.panteraplace.com/page76.htm
So now you've got Chuck's words and Mike Drew's easy to follow directions...

While there take a second to donate via PayPal to help maintain this phenomenal 
resource...

Bob



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From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
To: Bob Lehmann <bob at longwood2.com>; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sat, March 17, 2012 7:36:25 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] centering device of shifter

Dear Bob,

        Ah, I know this one.  I will see if I can find the article about it
and send it along to you.

      The DeTomaso Pantera shifter linkage has a built in German engineered
internal detent for the gears.  The Italian shifter housing up front has a
redundant gizmo that is meant to function as a detent, but only adds
mechanical friction to the linkage action.  It isn't necessary and it's a
bit detrimental to function and it is easy to remove.  If for some reason
you determine that you don't like the modification, then you simply replace
the bits and you easily restore it to factory stock function.

      IIRC, you need to remove the center console, which likely means that
you'll need to remove the seats and bulkhead cover.  With the exposed
central tunnel visible, you will see on the shifter housing, a round
approximately 3/4" diameter dealo on the rear aspect of the housing.
Visible on the top is a C ring.  Remove the C ring.  I believe that there is
a round disc below that, which you remove.  Beneath that is a basic spring
that you remove.  Beneath the spring is a metal cup. It's internal diameter
is a bit bigger than the standard adult male index finger.  You need to
remove it.  On my two cars, one plunger was a bit challenging to remove
digitally.  The other came right out.  If it doesn't come out easily, then
either keep after it with a little spray lubrication or try a magnet to
encourage it to come straight up and out, or both.  Once the metal cup is
out, then you will see the nipple on it's undersurface that  fits into a
groove on the shifter rod and via the spring, which puts pressure on the
shift linkage.  Simply, clean and tidy things up.  You can replace the top
cap and C-ring while leaving out the spring and plunger.  You could, I
suppose, leave everything out.  


        Bolt your seat back in and proceed to take a test drive.  You should
notice that the shifting is less clunky, easier and--------better.  If
you're satisfied, then replace the interior, decide what you want to do with
the unnecessary stock factory spring and plunger and take off for Phoenix!



                  Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Bob Lehmann
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:07 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] centering device of shifter

I read in Cheap Fixes artcle, to remove the centering device of the shifter.
How does one do that?  Is it worth doing?
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