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> Tranny in neutral despite shifter, Car currently broke down on road
86motoman
post Sep 15 2004, 09:37 AM
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Taking the 914 out for the first time to town. About 2 miles from my house and go for fourth. It's not thier...I wiggle a little more...still not there. I go back to third...nothing...second...first....stopped. I tried reverse, got it. Backed up to a wide place on the road and tried for first again...nothing...went back to reverse...nothing. Car is currently still sitting on the road. I tried to manually go back and turn the tranny shifter piece. It looked to me like it was moving around and the shifter (bushings etc.) is still operating.

'72 Tail shifter 1.7

Is there anyway I can fix it on the road?
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post Sep 15 2004, 12:06 PM
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Hey guys thanks for all the input.

I found the problem. It is the roll pin (??) just inside the tranny. There is a little plate at the end on the bottom of the tranny. I pulled that and found a broken pin. When the kinfe and fork moved the shaft it wouldn't move the tranny parts because this pin was broke. I was able to get it to stay in gear by using vice grips. Though it tooke about four times jacking it up and then trying a gear and then setting it down. The last time I decided to forget jacking it up...and somehow got it to stay in first. Drove it home in first.

I was able to catch most of the oil that came out. Luckily I was on a farm road with little traffic.

I don't have any covers on any of the linkage. I did just change all (6) bushings, I should have told you guys that. It still seems there is to much slop in it. It seems like the ball joints behind the firewall should be tighter? I see there is a hole (right by the ball) for something on the shifter shaft going to the tranny. This hole is empy? Maybe I need a brace or something?

I need to go walk a couple of miles to go get the truck.

- Does anybody know where or what kind of pin I can use in this? Is it just any old roll pin?

- Also do I need to take apart the tail end of the tranny or can I just put it in a certain gear to line the pin up where I can get it through?

...time for my walk...
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86motoman   Tranny in neutral despite shifter   Sep 15 2004, 09:37 AM
URY914   Is the clutch cable broken?   Sep 15 2004, 09:40 AM
davep   I'm betting you lost the cone screw in the end...   Sep 15 2004, 09:42 AM
Aaron Cox     Sep 15 2004, 09:53 AM
86motoman   The clutch feels okay...that thought crossed my mi...   Sep 15 2004, 10:02 AM
914ghost   Is there a cone screw on the tailshift setup? I ju...   Sep 15 2004, 10:04 AM
86motoman   I tried to manually move the tranny end of the shi...   Sep 15 2004, 10:14 AM
Ferg   The cone screw is just aft the firewall at the lin...   Sep 15 2004, 10:17 AM
rhodyguy   roll pin up inside the inspection plate at the rea...   Sep 15 2004, 10:21 AM
!   Might have slipped the spline adjustment as well. ...   Sep 15 2004, 10:21 AM
86motoman   I am going to load the jack and tools up in the tr...   Sep 15 2004, 10:21 AM
aircooledboy   Nope, no cone screws in tail shifters. There are b...   Sep 15 2004, 10:24 AM
d7n7master   In the last four years I have had to replace the p...   Sep 15 2004, 10:34 AM
lapuwali   There are no cone or set screws on the tail-shift ...   Sep 15 2004, 11:03 AM
86motoman   Hey guys thanks for all the input. I found the pr...   Sep 15 2004, 12:06 PM
lapuwali   I can't visualise the hole you're talking ...   Sep 15 2004, 12:31 PM
86motoman   ...   Sep 15 2004, 01:12 PM
86motoman   Here is a pic where the roll pin was that broke on...   Sep 15 2004, 01:18 PM
sj914   I replaced that same rollpin out of my old car bef...   Sep 15 2004, 02:09 PM
URY914   I thought that was the problem :rolleyes: Paul   Sep 15 2004, 02:13 PM
Red-Beard   The correct roll pin is available from Porsche or ...   Sep 15 2004, 02:14 PM
rhodyguy   i told you what size the pin was in my post. get 2...   Sep 15 2004, 03:37 PM
86motoman   ...   Sep 15 2004, 05:27 PM
86motoman   I could of swore that somebody posted they success...   Sep 15 2004, 06:04 PM
Red-Beard   Yes, I posted that. I put a small c inside a bigge...   Sep 15 2004, 06:13 PM
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