<VV> Re: No reverse

[Flat6Vair]

Just a follow up.

As Matt noted,  not enough twist means no reverse.  to get into reverse
means getting past the reverse detent.  It takes a bit more umph to get past
the detent to allow selecting reverse.
broken or missing Bushings or a coupler that has its holes elongated are the
usual culprits that allow the shift tube to weasel out of that final twist.

for the #3 car,  the shifter tube stabilizing bar was removed eons ago.  The
front bushing was weak, the rear ok, the coupler usable.   The main culprit
was the bent coupler rod.  Noticed that When I was describing the problem to
another club member.  Waiting on parts. the shifting was getting sloppy
<that front bushing>  So this was a good excuse to tighten things up.

tim mahler
62,68 Fitch Sprints
#3 Goodwrence Car.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Thesuperscribe at cs.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:03 PM
Subject: <VV> Re: No reverse


> What a coincidence. On Saturday the reverse in our '64 disappeared. I had
> just parked in an angle slot on a town square, heading slightly downgrade
toward
> the curb, and when I tried to shift into reverse it wasn't there. I figure
> it's in the shifter or the linkage somewhere. Anyone have any ideas?
> --Tom Berg
>