generalsmirnov Posted 27June, 2018 Report Share Posted 27June, 2018 Hi Sportomatic experts! I have a 4 speed 1975 sporto transmission that I daily drive in traffic and love. Recently however it's been doing 2 annoying things semi-regularly and I am wondering what the root cause of either/both is: When shifting down from D2 to D1, it will go into the D1 position smoothly but actually stays in D2. Subsequently pushing back into D2 feels clunky. R is tricky to get into, need to almost put it forward into P to shift over. Otherwise D2, D3 etc. all shift very nicely. Thanks! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC9911 Posted 27June, 2018 Report Share Posted 27June, 2018 4 hours ago, generalsmirnov said: Hi Sportomatic experts! I have a 4 speed 1975 sporto transmission that I daily drive in traffic and love. Recently however it's been doing 2 annoying things semi-regularly and I am wondering what the root cause of either/both is: When shifting down from D2 to D1, it will go into the D1 position smoothly but actually stays in D2. Subsequently pushing back into D2 feels clunky. R is tricky to get into, need to almost put it forward into P to shift over. Otherwise D2, D3 etc. all shift very nicely. Thanks! Scott Herein lies your first mistake “ Sportmatic experts”, ha ha, there are guys on here who will know exactly what the issue is OR they will know someone with the answers, you have come to the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelrik911 Posted 28June, 2018 Report Share Posted 28June, 2018 My suggestion is to contact Mike on social media and ask for his opinion. http://www.spyderautomobiles.com.au/ Mike been around sporto's forever, so i reckon he has the hands-on experience to give a good guess on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalsmirnov Posted 4July, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 4July, 2018 Looks like a classic bushing issue on the shift coupling. Thanks to Autohaus Hamilton for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalsmirnov Posted 6December, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 6December, 2018 Finally replaced the shifter coupling bushings with some brass ones from Pelican: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELSPORTO Posted 9December, 2018 Report Share Posted 9December, 2018 On 06/12/2018 at 11:10, generalsmirnov said: Finally replaced the shifter coupling bushings with some brass ones from Pelican: Replace the cup and bushings in the shifter while you're at it - I did it on mine as well as a Wevo precision coupler and it was like a new box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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