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Posted by: North Coast Jim Jul 14 2018, 05:31 PM

Car runs great after putting her back together and now have 1800 miles of Fun Fun Fun on her. Wife and I enjoy driving around the island area enjoying the scenery. A couple of trips to Stoddard's and a run to Mid Ohio for the IMSA races and the car runs great except for one issue.

Tranny rebuilt by Dr Evil and all shifter bushings were replaced. When attempting to get the car into first gear the selection if very hard and is hard to locate. All other gears are easy to locate and car shifts fine otherwise. Have had to resort to putting the car into 1st gear while it still rolling as that helps to get it into gear. Waiting at the light then requires me to stand on the clutch until ready to launch.

Tried to rotate the shift linkage one tooth right and then left and all that did was cause issues with other gear selections. It's back to where it was originally

I did not rebuild the shifter mechanism in the car as it seemed to be Ok at the time. Is this my problem ??

Is this normal for a 914 or is there something else I should be looking into. This is our second 914 in my life and I don't remember this being a problem back in 1980 but of course that was along time ago.

Appreciate any help.

Posted by: ConeDodger Jul 14 2018, 06:37 PM

Shift linkage adjustment sounds in order.

Posted by: Mike Bellis Jul 14 2018, 10:08 PM

Or clutch cable adjustment. As the age, they stretch... Usually right before they break...

Posted by: Mikey914 Jul 15 2018, 01:09 AM

Is reverse also difficult to engage also? I suspect clutch.

Posted by: wndsrfr Jul 15 2018, 06:37 AM

Both of mine are bitchy getting into first when sitting still...suspect that I still need to tighten the clutch cable bit. A good test is to get it warmed up, (remember that the cable will grow a bit when hot) put it in neutral, foot off clutch, then push the clutch all the way to the floor, count two seconds and try reverse. If it grinds, you need to tighten the clutch cable a bit & try again....

Posted by: tsvo Jul 15 2018, 07:24 AM

I had similar issues and adjusting the clutch cable helped quite a bit.

Posted by: Mikey914 Jul 15 2018, 04:41 PM

The cable will stretch if ground cable is not making good contact. So if it needs readjusting again shortly after, chec5the ground strap.