Re: A Tale of Two Patricians

Posted by HH56 On 2018/3/2 18:15:25

The steering shaft and the shift section are parallel but entirely separate pieces. The horn wire goes thru the hollow steering shaft and clamp under the dash and end of steering box provides the support for the entire steering column. Inside the car the steering column and shift tube are both covered by the oval shaped shroud but once past the lower dashl they turn into separate tubes. The top of the shroud which is fastened to the steering column provides the upper support for the shift tube but once in the engine compt the detent plate and the piece at the very bottom clamped to the steering column provide the lower support for the shift tube.

The moving rod fits inside the hollow shift tube. You cannot see it directly from either end without taking things apart. The end of the operator lever fits inside an assembly on the upper end of the rod, there are some rubber anti vibration pieces to keep the rod from hitting the inside of shift tube and the lower end of the rod has the hole the pin in the detent lever fits into as it passes thru the slot in the tube.