Sticking in reverse

[Crusty]

Sticking in reverse so i lift with one hand and whack with the other, this does not feel right but Ive got to drive my elan... Is there an easy tweak??

[types26/36]

Crusty,
I dont really follow your post but have you made sure the plastic (sometimes metal) cap that holds the gear lever in is screwed down tight?
By the way .....welcome to the forum

[Crusty]

Crusty,
I dont really follow your post but have you made sure the plastic (sometimes metal) cap that holds the gear lever in is screwed down tight?
By the way .....welcome to the forum

thank you Brian for the reply and the welcome, plastic nut down tight, 1st 2nd 3rd 4th switch in nice nice reverce goes in dont like to lift back out and back to N.

Loving my elan loves the road so much more than my now moved on elise not sure i want to track this car though. wot a drive ticks a lot of boxes

[prezoom]

Crusty,

Not sure if this will help, but I had a similar problem, with the gear lever jamming between reverse and the 1/2 shift rod. What was happening was the gear lever was rising up too far when pulled upward. The cure was to make a spacer slipped onto the shift lever approximatey .035 thick to prevent the lever from being pulled up to far. Never had another problem.

Rob Walker
26-4889

[Crusty]

Crusty,

Not sure if this will help, but I had a similar problem, with the gear lever jamming between reverse and the 1/2 shift rod. What was happening was the gear lever was rising up too far when pulled upward. The cure was to make a spacer slipped onto the shift lever approximatey .035 thick to prevent the lever from being pulled up to far. Never had another problem.

Rob Walker
26-4889

Thanks Rob for the reply

[CBUEB1771]

Crusty,
I dont really follow your post but have you made sure the plastic (sometimes metal) cap that holds the gear lever in is screwed down tight?
By the way .....welcome to the forum

Is the paper gasket installed under the plastic dome? Without the gasket the dome can be screwed down too far such that the lower end of the gear lever will start too foul the selector rods and cause difficult motion. Some people have had to use two of the paper gaskets.

[Crusty]

Crusty,
I dont really follow your post but have you made sure the plastic (sometimes metal) cap that holds the gear lever in is screwed down tight?
By the way .....welcome to the forum

Is the paper gasket installed under the plastic dome? Without the gasket the dome can be screwed down too far such that the lower end of the gear lever will start too foul the selector rods and cause difficult motion. Some people have had to use two of the paper gaskets.

Thanks Russ

[Crusty]

Now I have put a few miles on the car reverse is fine, I ve got a self healing Elan!!
ps i am loving it.
whos going to Le Mans?

[elanfan1]

I know your problem is now OK but something perhaps worth checking is the reversing light switch - if this is screwed in too far it can cause problems.