Loose Shifter linkage part of 41 missing? - 1989 240 Wagon Auto

hanne

Started up my old brick beast the other day, popped it in reverse... but when I went to select drive my sweet Alabaster stayed in reverse and is now... stuck in reverse. I did some hunting, as any good 240 owner does, and was relieved to find that I am missing part 42-44 in the attached diagram / pics. Also, looks like the previous owner was a fan of zip ties? (loling as this keeps me from crying)... Currently located in Melbourne's inner north. Sorry if my questions are a tad novice.. Thanks in advance!

Important questions:

Where can I source the screw that attaches 41 to 39?

Does it look like its missing any other parts?

Unimportant questions:

Why zip tie?

Ex850R

Call Berry Motor Group, they will have parts, I am there this Arvo and can pick up and I work in Reservoir at Visy weekdays to get from me. Or Newport are weekend.

Les

hanne

legend! thank you

Ex850R
Call Berry Motor Group, they will have parts, I am there this Arvo and can pick up and I work in Reservoir at Visy weekdays to get from me. Or Newport are weekend.
Les

Major Ledfoot

Why the zip tie - that's odd.

Mind you, that ID plate on the transmission looks like it says "03-72L" - in which case, that's an AW72L auto. That's also odd if so, since 240s never had them from factory.

Seems your 240 has had a transmission swap in the past from a 16V 740 or 940.

hanne

Major Ledfoot
Why the zip tie - that's odd.
Mind you, that ID plate on the transmission looks like it says "03-72L" - in which case, that's an AW72L auto. That's also odd if so, since 240s never had them from factory.
Seems your 240 has had a transmission swap in the past from a 16V 740 or 940.

yes you're absolutely correct. Previous owner swapped the original out because it stopped engaging 4th gear.

Major Ledfoot

Okay, then we won't tell the PO that the overdrive solenoid is known to flunk out on these things, meaning the other transmission would probably work fine with a new one.

But never mind, the AW72L is a stronger box than the original AW70, it's just that the ratios are set up for an engine that gets its peak torque at about 4000 RPM.

Ex850R

Major Ledfoot
Okay, then we won't tell the PO that the overdrive solenoid is known to flunk out on these things, meaning the other transmission would probably work fine with a new one.
But never mind, the AW72L is a stronger box than the original AW70, it's just that the ratios are set up for an engine that gets its peak torque at about 4000 RPM.

Please , to a tired brain ( body to match ) what does this give you in drivability ?

hanne

How does the shifter linkage attach here?

I watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzkIjjm94lE

clearly I'm missing something in this connection:

ramrod

Isn't there meant to be some thread to join those two parts together? Or a thread and a nut?

hanne

yup just found it... adjusting sleeve part 381825

i think it's held in with a rivet..

Ex850R

That part is there in your photo,looks like they welded it to nut and it pulled out of the bracket.

Bring it over to me I can get it apart and weld the bit into the bracket instead of getting new one.

I'm at Visy till 3pm.

hanne

cleanflametrap on http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=280806

"When it happened to me it was my daughter's car stuck in a dorm parking lot with the linkage jammed into the pavement. A trip home and back to grab the linkage from another car, and then later repaired hers by (re)peening the rivet. Of course I blamed it all on letting the bushings go and ignoring the slop."

A similar thing has happened to mine as my bushings were non-existent.

hanne

bit late but wanted to say a big thank you to Snoopy {"mention":{"name":"Ex850R","userID":37}} for helping me fix this part.

absolute legend!