5 speed gear change bushes

[lancialulu]

Does anyone know if it is possible (i.e. not theoretical!) to change the two bushes on the 5 speed remote gear change linkage?

If so what is the procedure assuming the car is on a ramp.

many thanks



Tim

[Lancia-hf]

Remove the whole extention from the car by removing the 4 nuts from the gearbox and replace the bushes on a bench. No weekend job as the bushings probably have to be made.

[lancialulu]

can this be done with the gearbox in situ ie still attached to engine in car?

I have two new bushes bought on ebay and a new rubber dust guard for the front link. The bushes surprised me as they look like ceramic material.

Any further info would be great.

Tim

[lucasgeheniau]

Hi Tim,

Impossible.
Removing from and reassembling on the car is given at 110 minutes in the Fulvia time schedule book. Revision itself is 70 minutes given.

There is a possibility, nbr 7 on the drawing, is also bad. So you should have that also, or have it made when all is disassembled.

success

[gamma a.i.]

Hi T, is this something you have to do or something you just want to do ? J

[lancialulu]

Hi J snr

Bit of both!

Yes they are 200k miles old and give a sloppy change, but if not too drunk you can still make sweet shifts.

I am dealing with the rear suspension so with the car immobile I thought it might be a neat idea but then again a bottle of snaps is also neat..... did I say that???

Trust all is well in the uncertain lands of Heidleberg (or is it Heisenberg...)

T

[gamma a.i.]

It & will, I assume, remain Heidelberg in Baden.

Heisenberg was a Bavarian all his life, although I understand he did travel a bit. There are Jr. Colleges bearing his name in many cities throughout the country; I have no idea if he lectured or even visited them all..

Heidelberg is the home of http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_heidelbergensis (Deutsch) / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_heidelbergensis (English) ; direct descendants of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_neanderthalensis.

This explains a lot about the behavior of the local population.....

Thank God there is a major foreign influence in HD (everybody laugh, please), including millions (it seems) of Japanese Tourists with 'Camera at the Ready'. & in the days of a very large NATO force stationed in & around HD (NATO Army Hq's is still located in Heidelberg, albeit much smaller) lots of drunk ( & not drunk) American & European (teen-kids, adults, families ,,, military people of all Nato & many other countries; people of sizes, ages & ranks), not to mention the dreaded tour-groups all dress up for a barbeque; Hawaii shirts and all.

I lived in Heidelberg for 15+ years, on a historical narrow street named Hirschgasse...leading up to the forest edge and then further up to Philosophers Way. I ran every inch of those hills ! Sometimes slow, usually slower !

There was no place to park on Hirschgasse (too narrow), but tourists did so, all the time.

We, the residents of quiet little Hirschgasse, could park in the "hard to get in / hard to get out" short, double-slots on the uphill side of our own houses. Short slots because there was a cliff preventing us from going further in.

Or we could park in a 'resident-parking only' parking lot (lucky me, right next to my house), with place for 12 cars. 1 of these spots was üropery of each house bordering it... At a hell of a price; so 1 expensive slot belonged to me and no 1 else!!! There was a chain to prevent "non-residents" from parking; it was always down on the gound. I'd put it up, sometimes, and someone else would put it back down.

Some of us also parked in an "under-the-cliff locked-door garage", although it was very-expensive....

The owner told me & I believed him, that he had spend millions building it...one of those projects that he had to finish once he started...no matter what it cost ! Lucky him...that was the business he was in,,,so he had the equipment & man-power,,,but, in his words- not the experience it took to do what they finally succeeded in doing. It took (if I remember correctly) 2 years to complete and was considered an engineering Meisterwerk when finally completed. I didn't see the "work in progress"; but he told me that "we had to remove 1/2 of the mountain above it to build 1/2 of it & then the 2d 1/2 of the mountain to finish the 2d 1/2 & then reinstall the mountain, trees and all. He wasn't laughing. At least he didn't half to buy the property; he inherited it, along with the huge Villa that was (still is) directly on the River.

Several years later, his huge company..think of Projects throughout the country such as Airports, Shopping Centers, Factories, entire Industry Parks...folded, with massive massive debt); but ...with bank & government intervention ... was kept afloat & bought by someone even larger. The original company name remains. The garage too. If someone exitedfrom the garage & didn't get out to insert a key to close the door, the garage was soon filled with tourist cars...i.e. it was sometimes impossible to get in or out.

I never called the police to tow any cars away from my 3 reserved spots; although all my rabid neighbors always did ! As did the owner of the under cliff garage did.

My lagally parked cars were towed away from my 3 outdoor parking slots places regularly, which was always a matter for my lawyer. I wasn't the only person living on Hirschgasse that had this problem. Parhaps on the other Gasse Streets in this side of the river as well.

I came home many times to find tourist-owned-cars parked in my reserved parking slots !! I cursed about it, put a thank you sign (clean language) on heir windshield, 'requesting that they not park there again and drove across the taxi-only' / pedestrian, bridge into the Old-Town to one of the expensive underground garages. Then
I ran hóme; angry if it was raining or if I was wearing (dreads) a suit.

Sometimes I had a hard time remembering where I had parked the next morning, so I got used to getting up early and running around town until I remembered! Good for the legs!! I often got to work earlier than I planned.

Anyone who called the city-authorities to have someone else's car towed away had to make a formal complaint to the Police when they arrived at the 'scene of the crime'.
I had a small sign in the front and back windows saying "I, John Gordon, own this car and it is parked in front of my House (in English & formal German). The neighbors had similar signs in their cars..although this was not required !! We were parking on our own property !!

Still, the police often called a tow-truck compayn to tow cars away anyway. Were they getting a 'kick-back' ?

Not only my car (s) were removed ! I / we, the Hirschgasse car owners, were then sent a fine by the city for "illegal parking". Ha Ha !! We didn't pay !

The tow-truck company (various ones, depending on who had time), would have expected the car owner to pay for the towing-service" when they went to recover their car. No 1 on Hirschgasse ever recovered their car themselves and, of course, no one who was legally parked never paid nothing to anyone for anything.

My Hirschgasse neighbors all warned me of the perils of living on Hirschgasse when I was moving in !!
& how to react and behave....always via a lawyer. I followed their advice to a T. We had numerous neighborhood meetings to discuss this & other matters of importance. Often late into the night, on a Friday or Saturday. Great Parties !

A lovely place to live ... seriously !

The 'complaintent', who called the police, whoever that person was and the city were guilty of theft & a multitude of other crimes.

The first time it occurred to me I was treated shabbily, by all involved, including the Police. I went back to the police with my lawyer, whose office was next to the police station. He was also treated shabbily,,,by the city police!! Wow !! I sued everyone, including the city. It took months to win the case and a lot of time, for my lawyer, in court. I never had to attend !

It took weeks for the 1st 'missing-car' (Porsche 935) to be repaired; at a shop of my choice, who legally paid me a commission for the brokerage. The person who had bought it, who was awaiting it, in the USA was very angry.

I actually ended up much DM ahead, by collecting a % of the repair charges. I got to drive a nice new 3er BMW for weeks & also collect a commission for that brokerage as well.

Heidelberg's oldest "Student-Dorm" has been a lovely Hotel / Restaurant for the last hundred years or so. The resident reserved parking lot is adjacent to this Hotel. Sometimes they needed additional space, for tour buses to park in...so they had out cars towed away. How those big fat tour buses fir up Hirschgasse is still a mystery to me...certainly with the rear view mirrors folded in. Once a bus got into 'our parking lot', it must have taken hours to turn around !!!

The hotel owner was sued, for stealing my car. He paid all costs. I sued him for assaulting me in the parking lot.

I lost the assault case, since I had no witnesses to witness the assault.

A 2d assault case was won, many months later. In that case a women was assaulted, by the same man (RIP). She was shoved around...for daring to defend her/ my rights (it was her car parked in my slot!) I came to her defense ! No one was hurt, in the slightest ! It was still Horrible Horrible ! I remember words about "I'm coming back with a baseball bat " ( I didn't).

Lots of screaming & many angry neighbors, screaming at Mr Hotel, not neighbors screaming at her nor at me.

She, a US Army Colonel, was paid a token settlement (an insult) for her troubles; a token because she couldn't prove any injury!! Instead of immediately going to a Doctor, she went to her Office; since she had a JOB to do !
Also because, after everyone stopped yelling, we called the police, reported it & went to the police, Wer didn't have them come to scene of th action.
They did no major investigation, since there were no injuries (i.e. - they ignored it).

It resulted in him receiving a restraining order to never set foot in the parking lot again and to never speak nor approach anyone parking in the parking lot. Which he, of course, ignored.

My cars were towed way several times a year, for many years. The complaintent was not always the Hotel owner; perhaps it was the Bus-Company ? They always had to pay (eventually) for the taxi to get me or someone else to where I/ they were going, in my case 30km + the return fare to Heidelberg-
Plus for the car I or someone else rented (&, in my case, got paid a commission on!! good for me) until my / someone elses car was returned "undamaged" ... this meant ... in many cases weeks, since no car was ever returned undamaged,,,

I was never informed who the criminal was !! I didn't care !!!

Once, a M635 couldn't be located (by the police) for days. I ran around the town 1 Sunday, until I discovered where it was stored (high in the hills, 2 km behind the castle). I enjoyed the run ! Puff Puffff

This entire nonsense was actually; besides being "a drag", a $ maker for me, since I picked the shop to fix the damage & collected a % (legally) of the repair plus getting the rental car commission. I always paid the taxi immediately & got reimbursed. Still, the hassle !!

I also had to sue the city, since they ignored their responsibility to assure that the law was followed. My lawyer told me I was required to follow a standard procedure, so I did. Somewhere in the final payoff was a few extra DM "damages" from the city...which I accepted !

The last car I lost, I really lost. Well, I think I got it back...but got really nothing.

I owned a prototype-convertible (that never got beyond the running & highway-safe prototype stage); that I kept for myself...because it was unsellable. It had a big heavy Ford V8 and was a rather heavy car to begin with; although that was not the original plan.

I drove it on dealer plates; since it didn't qualify for a "standard, approved registration". It was a "real looker" & everyone loved it !! Lots of special components & (for those days) a nice, not a hairy, cruiser.

One Monday AM, although I had been home all day and night, it was gone. I informed my lawyer & took a taxi to work. I though, maybe it had been stolen ! There was no bus parked where my car had been.

Several days later I received a very nice phone call from the owner of a tow-truck company. He was in the hospital and happy to be alive. He apologized for losing my car. He was shocked that no one told me where it was & what had occurred. I visited him and he told me the whole "bloody story".

GET READY FOR THIS !!! THIS IS THE HOLE TRUTH, BYE HELP ME....

He was contracted to, once again, tow a car out of Hirschgasse. He took a small tow truck, since he thought that a larger truck wouldn't fit into Hirschgasse. He picked up the front of my car (an automatic) & drove down to the bottom of Hirschgasse. He stay on the brakes going down, but with no results...the car was too heavy.

He prayed that no car would be approaching from the r or l, since he knew he couldn't stop.
He probably prayed that he wouldn't go straight across the road...since, if he did...after a fall of 10m the truck & car would be in the river...hopefully without crushing anyone walking along the river path at the bottom of the wall.

For those familiar with Heidelberg, this occurred between the "Old-Bridge" and the Levee-Dam.

He was lucky; there were no people and no cars in the way. The truck hit the street moving too fast & hard, since the car was still pushing it. The front of the truck shot up (he said at about 50°) in the air as soon as it was no longer on the hill. This occurred as the cars front wheels crashed down. Courtesy of a heavy V8stright

He couldn't steer ! He jumped, hoping to get out of the way before he was crushed ! The car and the truck went straight on (saving his life) through a hedge & flimsy fence, continuing over the drop and landing in the river. It wasn't captured on film.

He broke..if I remember correctly after all these years...his arm & dislocated his shoulder. He, his family & I were crying, in joy, and laughing, in mirth, with, in the hospital room.

I sold the Hirschgasse House shortly thereafter (a good time to sell, as it turned out) & moved --- far away !!!
To Wiesbaden, in Hessen...another lovely old ..well, old Heidelberg is actually a village, W'baden is a city...
also with no place to park...but a great bus system.

I now live in the little town of Walldorf ; which is 10km south of Hd. Walldorf is the home city of SAP (Software Applications).

I remember it when it was a simple farmer village; now it is Silcon-Valley East !

I've never had a car towed away; there are people of all races, colors, nationalities, languages and everybody says good moring or good evening, it many languages. We have neighborhood meetings, drink till late in the night (these days that means 23:00) and never yell. The police are friendly and counsel kids as if the kids were their own kids. I like it here. I spend my vacations here & in this area.

There are 20 hotels in Walldorf*. I've had my visitors park in their parking lots, with advanced permission of course. My visitors often stay in these hotels. But not always. We eat in their restauarnts sometimes, but not always. They don't assault their neighbors. They are not Neanderthals !

Back to the non-swimming prototype. A fair value for "settlement-purposes" was reached" with the insurance company, I didn't drive a rental car for very long; so the insurance company saved that money. I was happy to get any return on my investment (the prototype). It think it was returned to me; I have no idea of what I then did with it. I don't think about it much.

Honestly, I've avoided Heidelberg for the most part since leaving...I had an 'overall lovely time' there during a lovely time in my life and know, that if I go back a lot I will feel that I am a (dreaded) tourist. Lord Forbid !!

Shortly before my departure the Hotel burned, from the inside out, one night (electrical work was in progress) and closed for several years.

Then (it was in all the papers), some time later, the Hotel owner (who also owned several other old hotels throughout this Region) was arrested...for fraud, tax evasion etc etc. I probably smiled !
Maybe he set his own Hotel on fire ??

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