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Seattle924 · Guest

Hi all! I'm having a problem with the shift linkage at the knuckle where the gear selector goes into the tranny. The linkage slipped off of the post, (while driving, mind you)and when I reattached it, the gears are now all sloppy, and dont engage properly.It seems a little greasy, but Im not sure if theres another problem I havent thought of that causes this. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

what model/year is the car?

What gearbox does it have, 4-speed, 5-speed with first left and down or 5-speed with first left and up?

Seattle924 · Guest

It is a 1978 4 speed, with first being left and up.Reverse is all the way left, then up. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions...Thanks

eturbo924 · Guest

Did you get it all back together properly?
When you did, did you drill the pin and insert another wire to keep it from backing off again? The screw I mean.. the one that backed off and allowed the linkage to sepperate. If not it will happen again soon.

Also there is a replacement link that was just designed. Jay where are you?

924martinirossi · Guest

Hey, I live in Seattle also near 175th and Merdian! Email me. have tons of parts to get rid of!

Michael

TroyDest · Guest

Hey Seattle and Martini,

I'll trade you my fast '82 931 for your place to live. I live in Sacramento.

Anyway, Seattle... It sounds like you need to re-align your linkage. According to the factory manuals:
1) Make sure tranny is in neutral
2) Install intermediate lever [internal splines] or selector shaft [splined] so that lever leans toward back of car approximately 5 degrees
3) Tighten pinch bolt
4) Move intermediate lever to the middle of the neutral travel [left to right]
5) Loosen bolt (at the top of link) and move in slot until link piece is vertical
6) Adjust shift plate at the bottom of the gear lever until lever is at an angle of 82 degrees.

Without the pictures, it's probably a little confusing but I tried to give some details to help you out. Hey, I hope someone gets something out of these $270 photocopies! Wouldn't it be nice if Porsche would give us permission to post these on a website? I'll scan mine in if that's the case.

-Troy

wdb · Guest

the guy in russia who posted the repair manual ,doesnt seem to be worried about porsche or copywrite laws. maybe someone will send him a copy.

mdaniel83 · Guest

the guys in russia don't worry about anything man, I used to live there, and trust me the word copywrite isn't worth a sigarette butt in the garbidge can there.
anyways what was the url to that site?

[ This Message was edited by: mdaniel83 on 2002-01-07 16:41 ]

wdb · Guest

I forget,but somebody here has link to it

wdb · Guest

Hey Troy,do you have gnutella or bearshare,file swapping service kinda like napster,but can share any kind of file.and its free,there is all kinds of files and programs,photoshop,win Xp,2000,ETC ETC. buy the way whats the name of those 270 photo copies.
http://www.gnutellanews.com/

TroyDest · Guest

The $270 I referred to was the cost of the five volume (including turbo) factory workshop manuals from my-porsche.com. That roughly includes all the taxes and shipping. It is the best deal that I could find for new manuals. Of course, since then I've seen some go pretty cheap on e-bay! -Troy