[alfa] Re: new GTV-6 puzzle

["Mark Manley" <warpomatic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	Joe,
   It sounds like the two nuts holding the rear of the external shift
rod to the internal selsctor came loose. That's the only way I can 
imagine the shiftter could hit the giubo. That's assuming you still 
have the original early style shift linkage.
	Mark

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:14:44 +0000, alfa-digest wrote:

>From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
>Subject: [alfa] new GTV-6 puzzle
>
>Last night I started up my '82 GTV-6 and went to engage first gear; 
>when I moved the shifter into the left gate, it sounded like the back 
>of the shift linkage was hitting the rear giubo.  What the hell?  It 
>also seemed reluctant to move forward into first gear, and I realized 
>that the shifter certainly seemed like it was a bit further left then 
>usual.  I returned it to center and tried again, and it worked 
>normally.  But at the next light it again sounded like it was hitting 
>the giubo, and first was hard to engage.  I didn't have any more 
>problems on the way home.  What is going on here?  Can something 
>break in the transaxle and allow the selector rod to rotate beyond 
>its intended range of motion?
>
>Thanks,
>Joe Elliott
>'82 GTV-6
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