Pa_Plymouth

Well, after letting the car warm up we took it for a 1 mile test ride and it successfully shifted into all gears! Now tons of buttoning up, wiring, interior and we’ll be roadworthy. ??

Update: Ran the nuts down while holding the side lever (R/1) and bumped the starter while in gear and it went into reverse/1st according to wheel movement. Unfortunately, wasn’t getting any spark, or gas to the engine so had to rebuild the fuel pump, un-stick the accelerator pump inside the carb, and replace the points. Fired right up after all that and managed to go into all gears while on jackstands by slightly letting the clutch out to make the wheels move. Tomorrow hopefully it’ll fire right up and it’ll be able to move again under it’s own power after 60+ years. I’ll post again if I end up having any transmission issues to this post. Thanks again for the help!

Thank you everyone for all the help! I’ll be working in the car tomorrow and I’ll let you know how it turns out. The adjuster on the lower rod end (engaging when shift lever is pulled back) the nuts were completely to the end. Hopefully, all I’ll have to do is run them down and back off a half turn so it’ll pull the rear driver’s side shift lever forward more. Not sure how much pressure it takes, but I’ll try disconnecting the linkage and manually moving it forward to see if it’ll shift. Here’s to hoping it’s something simple. That video was super informing too!

Hello everyone! Joined this wonderful group because I’m in need of all of your expertise. Currently working on a 1940 Plymouth Coupe and can’t get things adjusted to be able to get into Reverse/1st. Technical manual isn’t much help and I found a couple threads that cover it, but wanted to be sure I understood it correctly since I’m an AMC guy mostly. There’s two levers on the transmission (one on top, one on driver’s side) and it seems that the lever on the driver’s side is driven by the lower rod on the steering column. It should actuate when you pull the shift lever towards you to shift into reverse/1st. So my questions are: Does the driver’s side arm just move forward in order to swap the top lever into shifting from 2/3 and R/1? Also, from what I’ve read, once you engage the clutch it releases into the “resting” 2/3 gear pattern? So by adjusting the jam nuts on the lower rod (driver’s side lever) to pull it forward, this should engage R/1 gears correct? Can’t find anywhere where it shows lever position to gear reference. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!