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| tat2dphreak |
  Jun 6 2004, 03:35 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya  Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region   |
here lately I haven't had much time (in a stretch) to work on my car... an hour here, 2 hours there... but the bad thing is this... I don't feel like I'm getting JACK SHIT done!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I fight with my tranny linkage every time I go over there, and I still can't get the 2 bars to connect... they will connect about 1/2 of the way, and then nothing... I've tried everything I know to try, took the shifter off, took the firewall bushing out... put the shifter back on and used it for leverage(to try pushing the rod into the coupler instead of putting the coupler into the rod... what's the trick? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I get tired of messing with that, so I go to electrical issues... lord knows I have a few... I figure out 1 or 2 and then something else breaks, this time the starter button I rigged to go around the relay board(which I suspect being the issue behind the key ignition not starting the car..) stopped working, and I haven't even jacked with it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) and when ISN'T taking the dash off a PITA?! sorry if I'm whining, I just have to vent... this is my first project car, and my patience for the learning curve is worn down a bit... I love this little car, but DAMN!!! I think I'll have a few beers and take a break from the heat... |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jun 6 2004, 09:03 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,200 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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Sometimes, the only way I've been able to get the front and rear shift rods to go together is to pull the front one as far aft as it will go without disconnecting it from the gear shift lever. Then take a BIG pair of vise-grips and grab the rod, between where it rides on the bushing and where the coupler slides on. There should be enough room there for you to get a grip.
Then I grab the coupler and the vise grips and push the rod and coupler together. It often takes a lot of twisting and wiggling, but so far I've been able to get it to go. That's worked on about four different 914s so far. Except for the spare coupler I bought a couple of years ago... For some reason it doesn't seem to want to go. --DD |
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tat2dphreak you ever get that... Jun 6 2004, 03:35 PM
SpecialK I feel your pain :wacko: :headbang:
Just came i... Jun 6 2004, 03:43 PM sgomes I could not empathize more!!! :beer2: ... Jun 6 2004, 04:20 PM tat2dphreak I think you are onto something Dave... I've be... Jun 7 2004, 07:55 AM
maf914 Dave's method worked for me in the past. I st... Jun 7 2004, 11:09 AM |
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