gearbox stick bushing
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I have found a source for the plastic bushings for the gear stick , I'm hoping by replacing this the play will be reduced as I have so much movement , but how do you replace it ? it looks like I would have to remove the console above the tunnel to get to the stick , and then ???? if anyone has done this before advice would be greatly appreciated ,cheers 
Bob - I changed mine some years ago but I prepped it to come apart when I had the clutch replaced recently. So:
1) Remove the 2 side screws that hold the binnacle cover in place and slide the binnacle back and off.
2) Remove the shift lever knob.
3) Remove the console. There may be screws under the package tray inset, ashtray or up front under where the binnacle cover was. Takes some wiggling/bending around the hand brake but no need to remove the handle.
4) You now see the transmission under the body. Remove the domed cover where the shift lever meet the transmission. It threads on. The first time I used a large pipe wrench or a channel locks (or maybe cut a notch and started it with a chisel). I used the good grease and the next time it was firmly hand tight.
5) at this point the entire lever pulls up and out of the transmission with the broken plastic bushing on the shaft.
The domed cover is at the top of the picture and there is a spring and a large pin but the replacement was simple with hand tools.
Like all things TVR, the first time takes 2-3 times as long, mostly sweating the small stuff like not damaging the console. I'd plan on a couple of hours but it is easy, one person work. Grady
1) Remove the 2 side screws that hold the binnacle cover in place and slide the binnacle back and off.
2) Remove the shift lever knob.
3) Remove the console. There may be screws under the package tray inset, ashtray or up front under where the binnacle cover was. Takes some wiggling/bending around the hand brake but no need to remove the handle.
4) You now see the transmission under the body. Remove the domed cover where the shift lever meet the transmission. It threads on. The first time I used a large pipe wrench or a channel locks (or maybe cut a notch and started it with a chisel). I used the good grease and the next time it was firmly hand tight.
5) at this point the entire lever pulls up and out of the transmission with the broken plastic bushing on the shaft.
The domed cover is at the top of the picture and there is a spring and a large pin but the replacement was simple with hand tools.
Like all things TVR, the first time takes 2-3 times as long, mostly sweating the small stuff like not damaging the console. I'd plan on a couple of hours but it is easy, one person work. Grady
PO of my car changed the bushing. He told me he dropped the gearbox out to do it. He said it was a lot of work and was disappointed with the results. 3rd & 4th are still very close to the handbrake. What I find curious is that he didn't replace the clutch. I always subscribed to the notion that if you pull the box you always do a clutch, unless you have records of it being recently replaced - which he didn't.
I think he got the bushing form Dominion Spares.
I think he got the bushing form Dominion Spares.
I'm not with my car at the moment Bob so can't go and look. I've only owned the car for about 3 months and about 400ish miles. I do recall there is slop but it's not enough that it effects gear selection and in 3rd the knob almost touches the handbrake. Sorry I can't give you a better description. I'll be back with the car in about 3 weeks. A ways away I know but I'll be more than happy to give a full report then if still needed.
Before Delilah had new bushes it was like stirring a bucket of porridge with a chopstick, In any gear it would be as loose as a worn neutral position...But was totally transformed when the bushes were replaced, It became a close ratio gear selection..Or should i say "Correct feel"...No more floppy shaft....(Said the actress to the bishop)....
I think there is a "skirt" that goes below the ball part, turns the baseball into a mushroom. That was missing on mine and this was the new one IIRC.
Also I think (for some reason) I found a replacement in the US here: http://www.kipmotor.com/Parts.htm but Norm or Bill might have one too. Either way I don't think it was at all expensive. Grady
Also I think (for some reason) I found a replacement in the US here: http://www.kipmotor.com/Parts.htm but Norm or Bill might have one too. Either way I don't think it was at all expensive. Grady
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