tranny question

okay, i had loosened the adjusting nut on the shift rod and ofcourse the shifter fell out of sink with the gears. 20mins of fiddling and i got it back in, or so i thought.

i can get all the gears, but 1st can only be selected after selecting reverse (i can physically put it into 1st but nothing engages). now i relize i can drain the oil and remove the pan, but i would like to avoid that if possible. can it be re-adjusted with out dropping the pan or am i SOL? and if it isn't related to the adjustment, WTH? it's the oddest thing i've ever come accross.

 

got it, still slightly out of adjustment. this is a real pain in the ass to do bymyself. gggrrrrr

 

Thank God! I thought this was going to be a cross-gender thread.

 

I RECENTLY FOUND MY 1981 308 WOULD NOT COME OUT OF REVERSE GEAR AND WHEN STARTED THE ENGINE, LET OUT CLUTCH, IT MOVER FORWARD IN LOW GEAR.............TOWED CAR TO LOCAL FERRARI MECHANIC.........CHARGED ME $680 TO DROP PLATE ON BOTTOM OF TRANNY AND "MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS"................CAR SHIFTS GREAT NOW BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN JUST WHAT HE DID FO $680

 

most likely the shift forks came loose and were re-adjusted. can't comment on the cost of doing that.
in my case it was simply not lined up right, no need to drop the pan.

 

Dumb question.?
Did you mark the position of the split shifter rod , , prior to loosening the nut..?