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sloppy shifter !! somthing must be wrong

AK_ED

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hello

this is a 69 mk3 spitfire and when you put the tranny in gear the shifter still moves around kinda like its in neutral.seems tome looking at the shift rod that there is a bushing or something missing at the point where it hooks up to the rod coming out of the tranny.i have searched around and cant find anything except something called an anti rattle kit. the anti rattle kit doesnt seem to have anything for the forward most connection in the linkage.

when i put it in gear and look at the linkage the portion going into the tranny is solid and not where the movement is,its the first connection off of the tranny.


i can take pics if that would help out.

cheers ed
 
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AK_ED

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hello guys

looks like the parts im seeing thats sloppy is the numbers 25-30.

or is this connection supposed to be sloppy.

cheers ed
 

bgbassplyr

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IMO, none should be sloopy. Replace 25-30 and 9 (or4), and that should fix it.
 

Andrew Mace

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#4 in the Spitbits diagram (the 519770 bushing kit) is what you want, and it's all you'll need. No, it's NOT supposed to be sloppy, but I'll wager that some shops have made tons of money over the years "rebuilding transmissions" when in fact this was all that was needed. It's not just hype to say that you will not believe the difference once the bushing kit is installed!
 

Don_R

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sounds like the same prob I had with my 73.

put a new bushing kit in the shifter and all was good.

the pivot ball in mine took a crap while out on a drive, tough to find gears on the way home.
 
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AK_ED

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hey guys

thanks for the help i will order the above mentioned kits and parts and get back to you with the results.

thanks again for the links and help


cheers ed
 
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