Gear Shifter

[Winston-Rover]

is this a standard gear shifter for a '71 IIa? in all the manuals they show a shifter with 2 bends rather than the single bend near the bottom.

also note the large gap in the level base (about 1/2 inch space). the RN catalog shows an o-ring for the lever base, but it seems like an o-ring would be too small this. is there another part I should be looking for?

[J.McKelvey]

That's a series 3 shifter. They made a different type for a little while (not sure the time period) that had a rubber ball that covered the bottom of the shifter instead of just having the normal rubber o-ring type. the purpose of this was to cut down on rattling noise but were dropped because the nobs would wear and fall off.

[Les Parker]

It appears that the green neoprene bsll-end has seperated from the end of the gear lever.
The selection of gears must be difficult and the lever probably rattles, other than sourcing locally an O ring to fit the groove a new lever would be in order.

[jac04]

It looks like you could get creative with some rubber fuel or heater hose to get this working properly again.

[Winston-Rover]

It looks like you could get creative with some rubber fuel or heater hose to get this working properly again.

good idea! I'll give that a try.