Could someone help me resolve a problem please?
I am reassembling a Pantera (4621) and have found that as acquired unfinished from a previous restorer I cannot select gears with the shift linkage. I have traced the problem to the UJ at the end of the long shaft from the shift lever that passes through the engine bulkhead and the rod support. When the shift lever is in the forward position (gears 2,4 and reverse) the UJ at the rear of the shaft hits the chassis/wishbone support member. The UJ seems too "fat" to pass by the chassis.
If I move the UJ on the spline so it is as far forward as it will go in order not to foul the chassis member I then can't move the gear lever back far enough to get gears 1,3 and 5.
Is this something any one else has come across?
I know the engine and gearbox have been lowered in the chassis but I can't see how this should effect the linkage as the problem is a "fore and aft" foul.
Is it a case of needing very fine adjustment .... meaning that the UJ in the correct position only just misses the chassis - or am I missing something more fundamental?
Many thanks .... Murray Reid
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