Shift alignment issues, Should have left it alone! Options

[Petepat]

Thanks guys all this has been very helpful and educative, you know I wouldn't attempt half of this stuff if this WEB site didn't exist. So I've cracked it with your help but I still have 2 questions left 1) When you say it's had a SS conversion do you mean the whole gearbox has to be changed? 2) The 2 extra springs on the gear shift making it 4 in total in the photo is that just to make sure you can't accidentally crunch into reverse?

[gereed75]

Not at all an authority but my guess is that most side shifts in early cars were just late Trans swaps, not conversions. Side shift 901 were plentiful and cheap and bolt in upgrades.

As for the 4 spring lockout - just one man's idea of an upgrade. Not seen often. The stock two spting setup, if in good repair works pretty well. Besides, it's hard enough just getting the two springs in there!!

[Shivers]

Thanks guys all this has been very helpful and educative, you know I wouldn't attempt half of this stuff if this WEB site didn't exist. So I've cracked it with your help but I still have 2 questions left 1) When you say it's had a SS conversion do you mean the whole gearbox has to be changed? 2) The 2 extra springs on the gear shift making it 4 in total in the photo is that just to make sure you can't accidentally crunch into reverse?

Yes the four springs makes it harder to push the plate over. When going from 4th to 2nd or 5th to 3rd it will be harder for me to clip reverse or 1st. They used to sell a spring kit and there are a few here that went through the nightmare of putting in four springs. Two is hard enough. But I was going to fix as much as I could on the shifting this time around.

[rhodyguy]

A crisp detent plate (and clean internals) in the shifter acts as a guide in the 2nd/3nd plane after the trans jumps out of R/1st. Speed shifting and banging gears in a 914 is a recipe for disaster. You should not be nicking gears.