<VV> EM Shifter

[jryall at juno.com]

What I've done in the past is to bend down the tab in the back end of the
shift tube so that it no longer locates the shift connector.  I place the
transmission in reverse, then have someone locate the shifter so that is
in the reverse position, but not against the edge of the housing.  I then
clamp the shift connector and the tube together using the clamp only.

John Ryall

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:02:57 -0700 (MST) Geoffrey A Johnson
<geoffj at unm.edu> writes:
> I started trying to get the shifter figured out in my 63 Vert today.  
> It 
> will shift all gears just fine, but surprise surprise no reverse.  
> The 
> tranny is ok, did shift just fine with a screwdriver in transmission 
> 
> shaft.   So I 
> started trying to remove slop from the system.  Welded up the worn 
> holes 
> and re-drilled them on the shift fork.  Anyway I realized this 
> appears to 
> have  a late shifter in it.  It has a tube with shifter shaft inside 
> of it 
> rather then what the other EMs I looked at have.  Is this possible?  
> That 
> someone in the past got creative?  Or am I missing something?  Will 
> 
> reverse eventually work?  I have a late brass bushing kit I am 
> putting in 
> the 
> shifter tube while it is out. 
> Thanks
> Geoff Johnson
> 63 Vert