[jcsjcs]

All -

Just reaching out to those of you with 915 Transmissions and reminding you to adjust that shift coupling if you are having any shifting problems. It may just solve problems that you believe are a lot more serious.

I purchased my car about 1.5 years ago ('84 Targa) and now have it well sorted out. The most concerning issue has been shifting - and I have found that adjusting the shift coupling has made an amazing difference for the second time this weekend.

This time I was starting to have some grinding issues going into 2nd gear. While the car has always required some patience when shifting into 2nd (generally requires a pause until the shift is easy) - matters seemed to be getting worse.

I spent about 5 minutes adjusting my shift coupling this weekend - ensuring that my shift knob was not too far forward in first and not too far back in second - and it is shifting well again.

The first time I adjusted the car was popping out of 1st gear on startup. Turned out that I was not able to fully engage 1st as the shift lever was hitting the front of the shift gate (not sure of the correct term for this area.)

I have completed some other work and expect to replace the clutch and transmission as some point in the future - but so far the minor stuff has solved any immediate problems.

Work completed so far (in order of positive impact) :
1) Adjusted Shift Coupling (twice)
2) Installed Seine Systems Shift Gate AND removed Shift Boot (cause it looks cool). This really increased my confidence for picking the right gear when driving hard.
3) Replaced fluid with Swepco 201

4) PLANNED for this weekend: replacing shift cable & clutch pedal helper spring. My clutch pedal requires a lot of effort to engage. I live in Brooklyn, New York City - so I shift A LOT.

Hope this helps any of you with shifting issues on the 915.

Jonathan