Shifter bushing refresh BTDT?

[Phil Rose]

This job probably is (over)due for my Lago car at 144k. I suspect 
that one of the symptoms (of bushing in need of R&R) is having a 
significant amount of _vertical_ play in the shifter (i.e., can pull 
upward on the shift knob and get 1/8" or more movement). I assume 
that's caused by excessive bushing wear--that movement is mostly 
absent in our 60k Tornado.

Phil

At 1:59 PM -0800 3/15/04, bill bleiler wrote:
>I had the same problem, turned out to be the bushing between the rod 
>that comes out of the tranny and the shift linkage, there is 
>supposed to be a bushing there and mine had fallen out or just worn 
>away.....it was like 10 bucks from my local dealership part number
>431-711-221 or 431-711-223-a  i had to remove the end coming from 
>the shifter to get the new bushing in......if you need any further 
>info let me know
>bill
>
>Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>Folks:
>
>My shifter is about as precise as a wet noodle..
>at 183k miles its evidently time to replace worn out parts.
>
>Has anyone BTDT?
>
>-Peter
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Phil Rose				Rochester, NY USA
'91 200q	(140K, Lago blue)
'91 200q   (64K, Tornado red)			mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net