[DeTomaso] Shifter alignment question.

Christopher Kimball chrisvkimball at msn.com
Wed Jul 10 22:46:41 EDT 2013


I used the turnbuckle in the engine compartment.  By loosening the lock nut and barely threading the unit or unthreading it you can make fine adjustments before retightening the lock nut.

Chris

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From: Bill Bitner
Sent: 7/10/2013 7:21 PM
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Shifter alignment question.

Hi!

I just put 5171 back together today.   I used
to drive it without the shift gate, but a few accidental
shifts from first to fourth (@ WOT) have convinced
me to try the shift gate once again.   Has anyone translated
what a one spline difference is in terms of inches
at the shifter relative to the gate?  It seems I'm just
a little off because I can't always get it in 2nd from
first.   I can also get 2nd in the 4th position, but only
from first gear.  It drops into 4th just fine from
3rd.   Reverse is also fine.   It seems like 1 spine is
just a little too much (or maybe I missed a spline?).
Does moving the trunion bearing height change this at all
or is the adjustment's function just to get the shifter rod
out of the way of other items, like the u-joints and such?
Asked another way, how would
I move the shifter's position about 1/8" to the left or right?

Thanks,

#5171
Bill Bitner

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