Date: 22 Dec 2004 15:53:43 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: manual shifter linkage out
On 21 Dec 2004 14:46:32 -0800, quenbro <quenbronospamcape.com> wrote: > My 900T all of a sudden the stick went limp, around and around. I > managed to get home using only one gear,a high one. Clutch will not > engage fully except this one gear and won't go to neutral. I'm pretty > sure from my VW problems that this is the shifter linkage or possibly > knuckle. Almost certainly correct. > Is there an easy way to fix this? What year? More to the point, classic 900, or GM-900? > I'm pretty novel with this > car. I'll probably have to take it in for $200 or so. But I'd rather > pay less. If it's a c900, it's a piece of cake. Take off the shifter boot, you'll see most of what has to be done. If the problem isn't right there, it would most likely be the pin between the linkage, and the shifting shaft coming out of the tranny. This is visible under the car just forward of the firewall, just about above the exhaust system. If it's a GM-900, no clue. Dave Hinz