Help - Adjusting ‘67 904 console floor shifter
I spent another 5 hrs going back and forth - thank God I have a lift. I pulled the console. Every time I thought I had the shifter adjusted, it hit the gears; However, the second time through it was off.
The arm from the shift lever to the lever at the top of the torque shaft was quite loose. Apparently the interior guys took the lever off - all of the thin, shim washers were in one place. I redistributed washers and added another to tighten the motion. That had it hitting the gears when I quit for the day - tired, cold and hungry. It appears the sloppy motion was enough to overlap R & N on an irregular basis. If you did not compensate for the sloppy, the P position might be R. Anyhow, quitting while ahead seemed like a good idea because I did not want to argue with possible success.
I have to go back and study up on the use of the 3 prong neutral safety switch in a car made for a one wire switch. The car currently starts in N, not in gear, but it only intermittently starts in P. If I have to live with that, I can, but I would like to get it right.
At this time, ASSUMING it all continues to shift, the problem appears to be slack in the linkage (the shim issue) created enough sloppy movement that it was impossible to get it properly aligned.
Park
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I spent another 5 hrs going back and forth - thank God I have a lift. I pulled the console. Every time I thought I had the shifter adjusted, it hit the gears; However, the second time through it was off.
The arm from the shift lever to the lever at the top of the torque shaft was quite loose. Apparently the interior guys took the lever off - all of the thin, shim washers were in one place. I redistributed washers and added another to tighten the motion. That had it hitting the gears when I quit for the day - tired, cold and hungry. It appears the sloppy motion was enough to overlap R & N on an irregular basis. If you did not compensate for the sloppy, the P position might be R. Anyhow, quitting while ahead seemed like a good idea because I did not want to argue with possible success.
I have to go back and study up on the use of the 3 prong neutral safety switch in a car made for a one wire switch. The car currently starts in N, not in gear, but it only intermittently starts in P. If I have to live with that, I can, but I would like to get it right.
At this time, ASSUMING it all continues to shift, the problem appears to be slack in the linkage (the shim issue) created enough sloppy movement that it was impossible to get it properly aligned.
Park
Park
First