Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Transmission / Shifter question

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Dave,
That kind of problem is usually caused by a missing detent ball - one of 
those 10 cent parts needing a few hundred $'s in labor to install ;-)

Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Craig" <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Transmission / Shifter question


> That is funny, I had just the opposite problem.  I use to have an old
> Mustang that would jump out of 3rd gear when you let off of the gas.  The
> solution (for a few years) was to just keep my hand on the shifter, 
> keeping
> slight pressure on it and thereby holding it in gear.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:16 AM
> To: Dave Craig
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Transmission / Shifter question
>
> In fact I don't touch the shifter unless I am
> shifting, not to minimize wear but rather, because I
> grew up driving (and still drive) old British sports
> cars that would jump out of gear from this same
> pressure.  Just an anti-habit.
>
> rick
>
> Jim wrote:
> > This is super interesting and I'd be interested in
> > responses as I do the same thing!
> > Dave wrote:
> > > ...sometimes I leave my hand on the shifter.  He
> > > said this is bad and to stop.  ...pressure of my
> > > hand on the shifter ... wear on the synchronizers.
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