Joe -
I never worked on one of these, but during my work on the site's
Service Index, I found several topics on the column shift issues.
The most comprehensive article I found was titled,
That Gearshift Still Sticks, in
SC Vol. 20, No. 5, which reiterates checks and corrections for lost motion in the linkage; new forged column levers were also announced. There article also refers the reader to a couple of earlier articles.
Locking in Gear, in
SL Vol. 15, No. 5, focuses on a problem of sticking in low, shifting to neutral, advising of a production change that did away with a spring washer to control clearance in the shift lever assembly, in favor of new, selective shims.
Sticking in Low Gear, in
SL Vol. 16, No. 10, details issues involving loose detent block, forks, levers, rods, adjustments and clutch release.
Hope this helps.
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