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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
Finally got the mistress to the point were I feel reasonably safe taking her on the freeway. vroom vroom Up to threw the gears to ----- no 5th !!!!! arg Back to the garage. A little reading, a linkage adjustment. Presto! 5th gear ----- and a shifter that wants to go from 1st to 4th!!! Worked fine before!!! Before you askl , all the linkage bushings are BRAND NEW. Less than a month old, slathered in antisieze. And my adjustment was only sliding the connection maybe an 1/8 of an inch ,essentially shortening it by that much.
I've owned this car 15? yrs. It was my daily for awhile before it started acting like a finicky woman. I am aware of the "vagueness" of the 914 shifter. It's a 72. Tail shifter. What am I missing here? The trans has been apart some time ago. The beginning of the frustration. My son,(a factory trained Porsche Tech) replaced a main bearing in the trans that literally fell apart. The plastic cage gave up the ghost. Could this be something he missed? It was his first teener trans. But he's not a shade tree mech like me. I really don't want to pull the trans AGAIN. I'm hoping it is some sort of adjustment thing I missed. I have rotated the shaft a spline or 2 at the connection because I was getting a lot of grinding going into 1st and that helped, as did the new bushings. ( ya think???they were trashed) . And the ball connection behind the bulkhead is new too. What am I missing???? Everything worked fine before I shortened the linkage. I had just never driven it anywhere I need 5th because of a lot of other things falling apart. Hell I've hardly driven it all for the past 10 yrs. I was elated to hit 80 with the top off again. THanks in advance for your help. |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
Whoever foxed my mistake in posting ,Thanks!!!
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1974 914 1.8 ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
if you get if fixed drive it down one hour and visit me in Arizona city, NO 914s down here.
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,216 Joined: 20-April 10 From: PA, USA Member No.: 11,639 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
The Tangerine precision shift kit is helpful for getting those final adjustments. Also, make sure to mark a reference point (white out) once you are close. Makes it easier to remember which way and how far you are adjusting.
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The rubber man ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 12,767 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
If your bushings are new it REALLY tightens things up.
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orangecrate |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,343 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
I guess there could be an internal gearbox problem but it sounds like to me that you are close, just need that very last final tweak.
Keep track of where you are (mark the current position) and make very small adjustments ( one spline +/-). The correct spot is in there somewhere, just gotta find it! Good luck, be persistent |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
I guess there could be an internal gearbox problem but it sounds like to me that you are close, just need that very last final tweak. Keep track of where you are (mark the current position) and make very small adjustments ( one spline +/-). The correct spot is in there somewhere, just gotta find it! Good luck, be persistent Gotten too used to american junk. Throw it in, drive it. About as subtle as a sledgehammer. |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
VICTORY. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) I had forgotten how delicate European cars are. Got the linkage adjusted finally. all 5 gears and it goes into second instead of 4th!!!! Yeaaa!! Thanks for the encouraging words. Had to get in a different mindset.
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