<VV> Lost third and fourth gear

[BBRT]

Steve, the shop manual and assembly manual are pretty specific as to how and 
where you install the coupler with respect to the position of the 
transmission input shift shaft. Remember, the under the car portion of the 
in-car shift lever is "backwards" or opposite than it is while sitting in 
the car; both fore and aft and side to side.

Basically without a manual, you can put the transmission in neutral which is 
the mid-point between the input shift shaft all the way in and all the way 
out. Now, with the coupler disconnected from the input shaft, place the 
in-car shift lever in about the mid-point of its travel (neutral).  Hold the 
long shift tube so it doesn't move fore and aft, and adjust the fore and aft 
position of the coupler in the long shift tube so the coupler pin fits in 
the transmission input shift shaft. Lightly tighten coupler to tube.

This gets you in the ball park to see if the transmission and shift linkage 
will engage all the gears. Now, you can do a finer adjustment where you can 
see if in first or third, the in-car shift knob is too close to the dash, 
and also, the other way, is second and fourth too close to the seat. Adjust 
coupler as you wish.

If it meets your requirements and you get engagement, then tighten the 
coupler up, make sure you install a cotter pin and you are good to go.

Good Luck

Chuck S




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lauren C Mizel" <slmizel at juno.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: <VV> Lost third and fourth gear


> OK guys.  65 corsa vert 140/4: I bought and just installed a new shift
> coupler (the coupler part that connects the shift rod to the
> transmission).  I was hoping to tighten up the feel of the
> shifting...well it does feel tighter for reverse (much easier to get
> into) first and second, but I can no longer get to third and fourth!  I
> took the coupler back off, reinstalled it making sure to shove the
> coupler all the way back on the shift rod before tightening it on,
> reattached it to the transmission, same result.  Help??  Anyone else had
> this problem??
>
> Steve Mizel
> CORSA
> 1965 Corsa Vert 140/4 327
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