[DML] Re: 1st Gear Trouble

["John Rydholm" <ebondefender@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree here, and unfortunately speak from personal experience: my
linkage bolt broke! >_< (Thankfully this was on a nice country road,
with no other cars involved. So I coasted slowly to a stop.)I have
since replaced it with a good, heavy-duty aftermarket one. Also, one
of my flaws is I tend to "ride the clutch" a lot in heavy traffic
where there's not a full and complete stop, instead of shifting into
neutral and just rolling around. So sometimes I run a little low on
DOT4 fluid. But that's only in rare cases. One mechanic actually
installed my linkage crookedly and I couldn't even shift out of
reverse. Having learned my lesson with much humility, I now stick with
the advice of the kind DeLorean gurus around my neighborhood and on
the net. :)

-John
#10715
Missouri, north of KC

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@...> wrote:
>
> It will probably take cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting the
> linkage. You may also have to replace some worn rubber bushings. Order
> an extra pivot bolt to keep in the car. Adjust as per the Workshop
> Manual. If it doesn't help you may have to R&R the transmission but
> that is not likely.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, delorean12@ wrote:
> >
> > Another question...putting the car into 1st gear requires moving the
> shifter around a little.  After a few tries, it goes in.  The rest of
> the gears, as well as reverse seem to work fine.  Any ideas as to what
> it could be?
> > 
> > Jason
> > New England
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>




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