SoCal shop to sort out my shifter, new problem, transmission leaks Options

[rhodyguy]

i would take leamon up on his generous offer. save yourself a couple of c-notes.

[john77]

Its really easy to do it yourself bring a pin an paper I will show over Lunch. You buy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

If you happen to order all the bushing before coming out I can show you how easy it is on the lift. PM me here

Thanks so much, what a generous offer. I'll shoot you a PM.

It only got worse yesterday after AX. It was hard to get into first/reverse all day (nothing new), but then on the way home it suddenly started getting harder and harder to get into any gear (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Hopefully, that points toward the problem being with the shift linkage/bushings rather than the transmission.

[campbellcj]

Wow. I know my 914 shifts better than 98% of them out there, as it's been extensively rebuilt/upgraded/sorted. But lately I've been driving my 997 a fair amount with its stellar Numeric Racing shifter with action like the proverbial rifle bolt. So yesterday I pulled-out the 914 to do some work on it and was appalled at the shift action. It almost inspires me to go back thru the 914 again and see what else I can do.

[EdwardBlume]

Wow. I know my 914 shifts better than 98% of them out there, as it's been extensively rebuilt/upgraded/sorted. But lately I've been driving my 997 a fair amount with its stellar Numeric Racing shifter with action like the proverbial rifle bolt. So yesterday I pulled-out the 914 to do some work on it and was appalled at the shift action. It almost inspires me to go back thru the 914 again and see what else I can do.

Sure, take the SKILL out of racing a 914.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)

[rjames]

Its really easy to do it yourself bring a pin an paper I will show over Lunch. You buy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

If you happen to order all the bushing before coming out I can show you how easy it is on the lift. PM me here

Thanks so much, what a generous offer. I'll shoot you a PM.

It only got worse yesterday after AX. It was hard to get into first/reverse all day (nothing new), but then on the way home it suddenly started getting harder and harder to get into any gear (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Hopefully, that points toward the problem being with the shift linkage/bushings rather than the transmission.

If it's going south that quickly, I doubt it's a bushing (although they likely still need replacing). I'm still betting that the clutch just needs adjusting which is just tightening/loosening 2 bolts on the end of the cable.
If you haven't done so, get the Haynes manual, especially since you've got tools at your disposal. This is the easy stuff.

[john77]

Its really easy to do it yourself bring a pin an paper I will show over Lunch. You buy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

If you happen to order all the bushing before coming out I can show you how easy it is on the lift. PM me here

Thanks so much, what a generous offer. I'll shoot you a PM.

It only got worse yesterday after AX. It was hard to get into first/reverse all day (nothing new), but then on the way home it suddenly started getting harder and harder to get into any gear (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Hopefully, that points toward the problem being with the shift linkage/bushings rather than the transmission.

If it's going south that quickly, I doubt it's a bushing (although they likely still need replacing). I'm still betting that the clutch just needs adjusting which is just tightening/loosening 2 bolts on the end of the cable.
If you haven't done so, get the Haynes manual, especially since you've got tools at your disposal. This is the easy stuff.

I think you're right. I read through Dr Evil's excellent pdf and a lot of the symptoms are pointing toward the clutch cable. Work's a little crazy right now, but I'm hoping to get an hour to poke around under their tonight and see what's going on.

[john77]

Managed to finally get under the car tonight. It's a 73, but the number on the tranny case is 914.301.101.00, which unless Google is lying is a tail-shifter, so I just wanted to check what I'm dealing with. Is this tail-shifter or a tail-shifter that's been converted to a side shifter?

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i2.photobucket.com-17027-1435637812.1.jpg)

Question 2: Do I just tighten the the nut at the end of the clutch cable to adjust the clutch?

And, finally, there seems to be a bar blocking me from getting a wrench in to remove the top plug in the transmission. Is that normal, or is what I'm looking at not the top drain plug?

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i2.photobucket.com-17027-1435637812.2.jpg)

[Bob L.]

Something funky there...
I don't have a bar like that on mine. Or any of those brackets/links connected to it. one looks like a dipstick tube. I would inspect those bits and see if they do anything. Someone here will probably know what they are from/for.

That is the fill plug half blocked by the top of the bar. I think the drain plug is under the bar just behind the clutch cable pulley.

Always make sure you can get the fill plug open before you drain it.

[Hank914]

Something funky there...
I don't have a bar like that on mine. Or any of those brackets/links connected to it. one looks like a dipstick tube. I would inspect those bits and see if they do anything. Someone here will probably know what they are from/for.

That is the fill plug half blocked by the top of the bar. I think the drain plug is under the bar just behind the clutch cable pulley.

Always make sure you can get the fill plug open before you drain it.

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Plus looks to me that you do have a side shift not a tail shift.

[ChrisFoley]

The bar which that covers the fill plug is part of a custom bracket to mount the -6 throttle linkage bellcrank on a non 914-6 transaxle.

[john77]

Thanks guys.

The bar which that covers the fill plug is part of a custom bracket to mount the -6 throttle linkage bellcrank on a non 914-6 transaxle.

Chris, have you dealt with one before? Looking at it it doesn't look like that big a job to remove it so I can change the tranny oil, just undo a few nuts and pull the throttle linkage to one side.

[ChrisFoley]

Thanks guys.

The bar which that covers the fill plug is part of a custom bracket to mount the -6 throttle linkage bellcrank on a non 914-6 transaxle.

Chris, have you dealt with one before? Looking at it it doesn't look like that big a job to remove it so I can change the tranny oil, just undo a few nuts and pull the throttle linkage to one side.

I haven't seen one of those brackets in my shop yet, but what you have in mind to do is what I would do.

[Kansas 914]

Chris, have you dealt with one before? Looking at it it doesn't look like that big a job to remove it so I can change the tranny oil, just undo a few nuts and pull the throttle linkage to one side.

While you have that "bar" off - notch it so you can get to the top plug next time.

[Bob L.]

Chris, have you dealt with one before? Looking at it it doesn't look like that big a job to remove it so I can change the tranny oil, just undo a few nuts and pull the throttle linkage to one side.

While you have that "bar" off - notch it so you can get to the top plug next time.

If you don't have a -6 , you could probably just take it off and leave it off.
It's just weight.

[ChrisFoley]

If you don't have a -6 , you could probably just take it off and leave it off.
It's just weight.

Maybe you didn't notice the headers in his pics.

[Bob L.]

If you don't have a -6 , you could probably just take it off and leave it off.
It's just weight.

Maybe you didn't notice the headers in his pics.

No "maybe" about it. I missed them.

[Heeltoe914]

The bar was made to allow you to have the linkage mounted to operate the linkage that runs up to your carbs or injection. If its been working clean it up and go as mentioned notch it for that fill plug.
The bushing look warn, and I do not see the 6mm cone head screw coming out from where the shift linkage bars end connects something is going on right their???

[rhodyguy]

Plan on doing your bushings. They look like they've been in service for a while. Shake the rear bar just forward of the console. How much does it move around in the bushing?

[john77]

Chris, have you dealt with one before? Looking at it it doesn't look like that big a job to remove it so I can change the tranny oil, just undo a few nuts and pull the throttle linkage to one side.

While you have that "bar" off - notch it so you can get to the top plug next time.

Great idea, thanks.

[john77]

Which bushings are we talking about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The car was built in 2008, but didn't see that much action until I bought it 18 months ago. The more I poke around under it it seems like pretty much every single bushing on it needs replacing.

Seriously though, do you mean the shift linkage bushings or the tranny mount bushings?