vchurchill
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So I just bought a 1978 Fiat X1/9. The shift knob was garbage and I was gonna put on an original one, so I wanted to take it off. I looked on some forums and was advised to unscrew it. I tried. There was a lot of resistance but I pushed past that. All of a sudden the entire shift assembly went wobbly and there was no resistance, all gears were lost. I unscrewed the bolts holding the shift assembly in place and found what you see in the attachments.
There is a white plastic piece still hooked to shift rod (I think that's what this rod is?) and then a white plastic piece on the shifter assembly still. Does anyone know if these are supposed to be fused?
This would make sense I guess, since I can put the metal rod back in the white plastic hooked to the shift rod and when I screw in the bolts again I can even shift gears, but I could still pretty much pull it right out. I'm not gonna drive it like that since obviously if that came out while driving it would be very dangerous.
Do you think I'll need a new shifter assembly? If so, does anyone have experience removing the pin holding that last white plastic piece on? It's hard to get at and seems tough.
Thanks!
There is a white plastic piece still hooked to shift rod (I think that's what this rod is?) and then a white plastic piece on the shifter assembly still. Does anyone know if these are supposed to be fused?
This would make sense I guess, since I can put the metal rod back in the white plastic hooked to the shift rod and when I screw in the bolts again I can even shift gears, but I could still pretty much pull it right out. I'm not gonna drive it like that since obviously if that came out while driving it would be very dangerous.
Do you think I'll need a new shifter assembly? If so, does anyone have experience removing the pin holding that last white plastic piece on? It's hard to get at and seems tough.
Thanks!