993 "Sticky" Shifter

[Tony356993]

Gurus,

Picked up the car today from Dougherty's (again) and I noticed the shifter feels a little "sticky" esp moving from the neutral position in neutral (the 3rd-4th resting place) and moving left into the 1st and 2nd neutral place. There also seems to be a slight squeaking noise.


After rebuild, we switched to semi-solid motor mounts.

Is this a shift linkage issue?

Not enough k-y jelly issue?

Loose tranny or engine mount?

I'm brining the car back anyway for track prep and want this resolved also.

Any thoughts?

 

[smankow]

did it loosen up any after driving it?  It could be due to the great weather that we've been having.  How is the engine?

 

Steve

[Tony356993]

did it loosen up any after driving it?  It could be due to the great weather that we've been having.  How is the engine?

no

[Mike Andrews]

I thought this was gonna be a thread about how much you enjoyed geting your car back

[Tony356993]

Any idears Mike?

The motor w/new ecu is working wonderfully. I really tested it over the w/e. We will check the mixtures next week and see if we are ready to go from street to track. The shifter item is new. Car is back @ Bill's. I hope it is not another tranny issue.

[Larry Herman]

Tony, it sounds like a bushing for the shift rod need a little lube.  The side to side motion twists the shift rod and that may be more noticable than fore/aft binding.

[Tony356993]

Thanks Larry - Let's hope. The motor is very strong and we are just fine tuning now.

[Tony356993]

The problem was Red Line tranny oil does NOT work well in sub-zero temps. We switched to Mobil Synthetic for now and will switch back after the April event.