360 Spider 6-speed won't go in to gear when car gets hot.

Haha, I can't take all the credit for that. Had a bit of help. Hopefully I can get the part on order tomorrow morning to get it here by Keeneland this Saturday.

Take your son with you down there and tell him he can move Sunday. Haha. We need some Louisville guys!

 

Alright, I've ordered the part. Hopefully I didn't need anything else with it. These little pieces aren't cheap!

 

Thanks! Glad it wasn't something a lot more major than that. Part is stupidly expensive, but it's better than having to take the transmission apart!

 

Not looking forward to that!! Haha.

Just doing one for now. Other one wasn't nearly as bad, but if for some reason I lose more of my side to side motion after my forward/backward motion is in good standing, I'll know the culprit.

 

Alright, update time.

I got the part today from Ricambi America, but although it should be exactly the same as the part that's in the car, I'm worried about the end piece that is crimped to the rubber bushing that's currently on the car (picture 1).

In picture 2, you can see the small metal piece that came with the bushing in which I got, the piece is removable, as seen in picture 3, but that doesn't tell me whether or not I can get the piece off that's currently crimped to the rubber bushing on the car.

In the diagram, you can see that there's no part that looks similar to the one that's there on the end of the rubber bushing. I'm stumped at this point.

I doubt there's anyone who's replaced this part on their car (doesn't seem like a common problem) but is there any possible way that I'm going to be able to get the piece off and reuse it?
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I'm thinking no. That rubber piece is really clamped in there in the one that's on the car. That could be a possibility though.

Frustrating. Don't know what to do at this point. It'd be much easier to give it to a dealer to let them deal with it at this point, but there's none around. There's got to be a way to get this done though. It's just a stupid rubber bushing, lol.

 

Yes they did. I assume there must be a way to do it since I don't see the crimped piece that's currently connected to the existing rubber bushing on the diagram.

It may be a longshot, but is it possible that this bushing was previously replaced but improperly put back on the car? Does anybody else have access to the 360 and can look down in the engine bay and see if it's the same?
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Thank you so much!!! Okay that confirms my suspicions. I guess the part has in fact been replaced in the past.

Gonna be a long day tomorrow lol. Gonna change out that part and then I'm gonna have to readjust all of the linkages for that cable. Great.

But hey, at least the car will be fixed!

Since the crimped piece that's currently connected to the rubber bushing on the car is longer than the new one, should I make the cable longer from the front and just adjust it to the right length (after multiple test drives to get it right) in the rear?

 

No, neither of the pieces are threaded, which is odd. But I guess it'll work.

Hey at least you don't have to worry about a rubber bushing going bad anytime soon! I wonder why they didn't keep the same setup that your car has in the later-year 360s...

Thanks!! Will try that later tonight. We'll see how it goes.

I imagine my old rubber bushing was crimped in order to keep it nice and snug since there was nothing threaded to keep it secure into place without the chance of it moving even a single millimeter. Nonetheless, I'll find a way to get it on there good. Shouldn't be much of an issue.