Gear shift adjustment, left and right Options

[Kent]

Any helpfull hint on how th get the left /right adjustmet correct on the interior gear shift adjustment? I hve figured out forward and back.

[Keith914]

Check that nothing is preventing full left to right shifter action in the tunnel. In my case I had to secure the clutch cable tube to the driver side of the tunnel with a steel bracket and bolt just ahead of the shifter lever mechanism.

[Dave_Darling]

Check that nothing is preventing full left to right shifter action in the tunnel. In my case I had to secure the clutch cable tube to the driver side of the tunnel with a steel bracket and bolt just ahead of the shifter lever mechanism.

Repeating this for emphasis. If there isn't enough range of motion, then something is interfering.

If you have a tail-shift motor mount bar with a side-shift linkage, this can happen. The tail-shift bar is a straight piece of tubing, while the side-shift bar is a curvy cast piece with a large hole in it for the shift rod to pass through.

If you have replaced your seat belts, the driver's inboard mounting bolt may be projecting too far into the tunnel and fouling on the bar. The correct bolt is shorter; more "universal" replacement bolts may need to be cut shorter. (Guess how I know that one?)

As Keith914 noted, the clutch tube can come adrift and foul the shift rod as well.

Unless there is an awful lot of side to side slop in the linkage, you should be able to get into all three planes of the gearshift pattern. (R/1, 2/3, 4/5) If you cannot, something is keeping your linkage from moving as far as it should.

--DD