MHO is to replace that Pin with a Bolt ~ Have done it on MoreThan1Occ' ~ Drop TheCup,

Drive ThePin out & put a Bolt through from Inside the cup ~ I try to find a Bolt with a Shoulder 

that is the SameLength as ThePin & then Trim the Threads AsNeeded so as to be just enough to 

accommodate a NyLock Nut ~ That part is Probably UnnecessaryOverKill, But JustTheWayIAm ~

Quite Simple&Easy to do, especially if you ignore the LongShoulder part ~ 

                                                                                ORR ~ DeanB

On 2 Oct , 2014, at 7:16 AM, Ken Wilford wrote:

> Jim, if this were me I would take this apart and see what is going on.
> Something is worn out and is causing the pin to drop down. This is not
> normal as the pin is steel and is a spring pin (roll pin).  I am
> thinking the hole that it goes into is worn out either in the shifter
> cup piece or the end of the shift rod or both.  You can easily take this
> apart by taping the pin up and out once you drop the shift cup, then see
> what is up.  Better to repair it now than to wait until it fails on the
> road.
> 
> 
> On 10/2/2014 8:20 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> Just being too lazy to look it up, and it's been too many years to remember
>> exactly, but what's the deal with the pin that holds the cup onto the rear
>> end of the shift rod?
>> 
>> I do recall that the setup is almost identical to later manual transmission
>> vanagons.
>> 
>> When I did my engine swap a month or so ago, I noticed that pin protruding
>> and had been noticing slightly sloppier shifting. While under the car I
>> tapped it back in. When I look at it yesterday it was sticking out almost
>> enough to fall out.
>> 
>> I drove it back in, followed it with a few taps of a punch to recess it,
>> and then lightly peened the hole in the cast aluminum housing.
>> 
>> This is a problem I don't need to happen on the road. I am pretty sure it's
>> not a split pin, but it is tapered? Is there anything in particular I
>> should be doing to make sure it doesn't fall out, but comes out if I want
>> it to?
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
> 
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> Ken Wilford
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