[DeTomaso] Shift linkage adjustment

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/7/15 11 56 19, msjaan at sbcglobal.net writes:


> I have a 74L and am loosing 2 gear engagement when I am under strong 
> acceleration. It will not find 2 gear until usually  going though 3rd,4th and 
> 5th gear.  Could you instruct me on shift linkage adjustment.  I am looking 
> like a moron when taking off. Hopefully it is not something I cannot 
> correct.
> 

>>>"Will not find 2nd gear".   What does that mean exactly?   Is it 
crunching when you attempt to shift quickly into 2nd gear?   If so, that's not a 
linkage problem, that's a completely typical indication of 2nd gear synchro 
wear, the principal thing that drives people to have their gearboxes 
overhauled.

Or are you suggesting that the shift lever goes fully into the 2nd gear 
slot but the gearbox doesn't engage and stays in neutral?   Or that the gear 
initially seems to engage but then it pops out?   That's possibly a linkage 
adjustement.   All other things being equal, all you have to do is adjust the 
turnbuckle so that the shift lever is slightly further to the rear when the 
car is in neutral.

But if the shift lever isn't hitting the forward end of the gate already, 
moving the lever back won't help anything.   It's gearbox overhaul time.

Fortunately Lloyd Butfoy doesn't have much of a backlog now and can turn 
gearboxes around in only 3-4 weeks.   Both Larry Finch and my wife have 
gearboxes in his hands and they will be coming home next week, after having been 
dropped off mid-January....

Mike
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   In a message dated 2/7/15 11 56 19, msjaan at sbcglobal.net writes:

     I have a 74L and am loosing 2 gear engagement when I am under strong
     acceleration. It will not find 2 gear until usually  going though
     3rd,4th and 5th gear.  Could you instruct me on shift linkage
     adjustment.  I am looking like a moron when taking off. Hopefully it
     is not something I cannot correct.

   >>>"Will not find 2nd gear".  What does that mean exactly?  Is it
   crunching when you attempt to shift quickly into 2nd gear?  If so,
   that's not a linkage problem, that's a completely typical indication of
   2nd gear synchro wear, the principal thing that drives people to have
   their gearboxes overhauled.
   Or are you suggesting that the shift lever goes fully into the 2nd gear
   slot but the gearbox doesn't engage and stays in neutral?  Or that the
   gear initially seems to engage but then it pops out?  That's possibly a
   linkage adjustement.  All other things being equal, all you have to do
   is adjust the turnbuckle so that the shift lever is slightly further to
   the rear when the car is in neutral.
   But if the shift lever isn't hitting the forward end of the gate
   already, moving the lever back won't help anything.  It's gearbox
   overhaul time.
   Fortunately Lloyd Butfoy doesn't have much of a backlog now and can
   turn gearboxes around in only 3-4 weeks.  Both Larry Finch and my wife
   have gearboxes in his hands and they will be coming home next week,
   after having been dropped off mid-January....
   Mike