Take a look at this link to a post. It may be your issue...


71HANTO


http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php?topic=21929.msg134169#msg134169

hi all

I'm having the same probem with loose shifter and no lock out..

i just got the car and figured that it was just a the way pinto shifters were.

but now I'm gonna investigate the bushings

I think that I will be able to fabricate a spring of some sort to lift the shifer up to get the reverse lockout but was wondering where I could get the nylon bushing.

also, I have been trying to get in touch with pintony but havent found a way.  Is he still around?

Cookieboy might be your route to getting in touch with Pintony.  However, I can't recall the last time CB posted here lately. Dare I say with great reluctance - try Facebook.

update...

i fixed my reverse lockout issue

I saw that the rubber gromet was deteriorated and that it would not force the shifter up to disengage the lockout.

i removed the c ring above the grommet

then I made two  spacers by wrapping 1/8" aluminum clothesline wire around the shaft above the gromet.

I made the spacers then pressed them down and installed the c ring above the spacers

this compressed the gromet enough to apply tension and raise the shifter.

and the lockout now works.

I plan to replace the gromet with a spring as soon as i find the appropriate spring.

however I found that the nylon bushing was still there but badly worn and i am looking for a source to replace it..

I also found that apparently the bushing can be installed 180 degrees backwards (front to back) and this seems to interfere with the shifter.