Pops out of 1st and 3rd Options

[goberserk]

My tailshifter is popping our of 1st and 3rd. I can select them, but when I go to take the clutch out it grinds a little and pops into neutral. I just replaced all of the shifter bushings. It was doing it a bit last night, so I shortened the shifter bar via the linkage right in front of the firewall, down the access cover in the tunnel. That seemed to make it worse. I was able to get all the gears before I took it apart, it was vague, but it worked. I'm gonna go try making it longer (although I don't expect that to work) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

[lapuwali]

You'll still find that checking and probably replacing the plastic cup bushing under the shifter will be worthwhile. Once you do that, the best way to adjust the shift linkage is to put the shifter in third, then loosen the adjuster pinchbolt. Rotate the shift lever so it's just lightly resting against the spring plate that normally keeps it out of the R/1 gate. You can adjust the fore/aft throw for comfort and you obviously need to make sure you have enough travel so it can move the gear lever completely into the 1/3/5 and the R/2/4 gates.

Adjusting it this way will make it a lot less likely you'll nick reverse as you shift from 1st to 2nd, or (more importantly) while downshifting into 2nd.

While you have the shifter off to replace the bushing, check the spring plate against a photo of a new plate (you can find a photo here, or on the Pelican site). Grease everything up nicely, too.