Re: 41 transmission jumping out of 1st gear
Posted by HH56 On 2015/3/14 23:37:11
Depends on how accessible your car is as to easier from top or under in reaching them. Not sure which year or model this illustration is from but If your car has linkage similar to this then it appears there are two points which could cause an adjustment problem. The turnbuckles circled in red and then it appears there might be an adjustable clevis end circled in blue on the rods to transmission.
Important thing is after disconnecting the turnbuckles have the levers on side of trans firmly in neutral and the shift lever held at its midpoint neutral position when any adjustments are made. The shift lever may want to drop by gravity so it needs to be kept in position. After that position criteria is met then adjust turnbuckles in or out so the ends can enter the holes on shift levers easily.
I believe the clevis end adjustment is mostly to make sure the relay mechanism links and the overcenter spring assist on 2-3 is midpoint but there is a chance one could be misadjusted. You said you couldn't get any more range out of the trans lever so if the rod was connected you might check that the link hadn't bottomed out because a clevis end is misadjusted. If the rod was disconnected at trans then link is not a likely problem. I would concentrate on the turnbuckle end and leave the clevis alone unless the turnbuckle adjustment runs out before an end can enter a hole.
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Important thing is after disconnecting the turnbuckles have the levers on side of trans firmly in neutral and the shift lever held at its midpoint neutral position when any adjustments are made. The shift lever may want to drop by gravity so it needs to be kept in position. After that position criteria is met then adjust turnbuckles in or out so the ends can enter the holes on shift levers easily.
I believe the clevis end adjustment is mostly to make sure the relay mechanism links and the overcenter spring assist on 2-3 is midpoint but there is a chance one could be misadjusted. You said you couldn't get any more range out of the trans lever so if the rod was connected you might check that the link hadn't bottomed out because a clevis end is misadjusted. If the rod was disconnected at trans then link is not a likely problem. I would concentrate on the turnbuckle end and leave the clevis alone unless the turnbuckle adjustment runs out before an end can enter a hole.
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