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 foobah
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| posted on May 3rd, 2009 at 03:54 PM |
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selector bushes... or worse?
Just got the bus ('74 Microbus) back from Indian, 3.5" lowered, new clutch, shocks, a few other things. Drove just beautifully for 48 hours, like a
dream. Then came round a corner this arvo and without a sound, suddenly there is only second gear. No other gears exist. They have left the
building.
So I put her up on the stands and had a look. The rubber bushes in the housing just in front of the box are munted, really soft and hanging out all
over. Lots of movement in that housing. What do you clever people think out there? Is that likely to be The Problem or... should I be looking for a
new box?
It's the original 1.8L donk and the box it came with that's in there. Anyone got any advice, or a 2L box for sale?
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Anthiron
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| posted on May 3rd, 2009 at 04:49 PM |
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replace the linkage first, then work your way from that
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on May 3rd, 2009 at 06:18 PM |
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Even if the bushes don't fix the problem don't panic .
It will be the the selector shaft inside the front of the box thats snapped its pin , no bigy and can be fixed without removing the box and motor .
Andrew
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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foobah
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| posted on May 3rd, 2009 at 07:41 PM |
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Orright thanks folks, I'm off to have a look. I presume bits are easy enough to find - I'll make some calls termorrer. Much appreciated
k
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| posted on May 4th, 2009 at 07:07 PM |
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I'd have a look at the plate at the bottom of the gearstick inside the cabin. Perhaps it wasn't tightened, and very easy to check/fix.
1970 Baja - waiting in the paddock for some TLC.
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foobah
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| posted on May 6th, 2009 at 04:08 PM |
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The rubber bushings in the cage were munted, hanging out all over. The nylon ball was pretty worn as well and the u-clamp inside the box was snapped.
Nothing major, thankfully. Tighter than the proverbial waterfowl now. I did check the plate but it was OK. Thanks for the advice folks.
k
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| posted on May 23rd, 2009 at 03:30 PM |
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cool guys thanks X 2 my box seems to have to same prob i drive and find it hard to select the gear when i finally get it in its fine but from gear to
gear it wont engage or skims the gear with a slight grind when i get the shiats and try to slam it in ..i should check this too ,as i havent checked
any thing ..
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| posted on May 23rd, 2009 at 03:51 PM |
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this must be like swine flu! my 76 is stuck in first as of last night, same go ,like no other gears exist. (exit with spooky music )
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