[DeTomaso] Shifter fix

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/27/13 8 31 36, dan at excaliburre.com writes:


> I've been off the Foruum for quite a while as Other Stuff has taken me 
> away from the Panteras.
>  However, "The Beast" is running at California Speedway this weekend on 
> "The Roval" (1/2 infield course with lots of sharp turns and 1/2 of the 
> oval).
>  About my only concern after running hard yesterday is the car shifts like 
> crap.
>  Since "The Beast" sat out the last couple of decades of the Twentieth 
> Century in a radiator shop in San Pedro (pre Beast era), it must have missed 
> that popular '90's shifter fix.
>  I've kinda forgotten about it to. Isn't it something like removing a 
> bushing in the shifter linkage?
>  Is this a quick enough fix to perform between run groups ( I'm pitted in 
> one of the garages)?
> 
> 

>>>Take a look at this drawing of the shifter assembly:

http://www.panterasbywilkinson.com/webpages/catalog/ill10a.html

Parts 23-26 are a shift lever centering mechanism, that works by pressing a 
pointed plunger into a groove in the shifter shaft (#16).   The thing is, 
the ZF gearbox has its own internal centering mechanisms, so the two are 
redundant.   Remove #23 with a pair of snap-ring pliers, and the cover, spring, 
and plunger can then be withdrawn.

This will not make a huge, profound difference in the quality of your 
shifting.   It makes a noticeable, incremental difference.   It's worth doing, 
but it's not the main source of your problem.   Almost assuredly, your 
trunnion bearing (the support for the shift rod which bolts to the top of the 
chassis on the left side, part #13 in this drawing):

http://www.panterasbywilkinson.com/webpages/catalog/ill10b.html

needs serious lubrication.

Good luck!   Let us know how it turns out!

Mike
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