[SportsPurposeGarage]

Just picked up a pretty nice 84 with a 3.0 conversion. The exhaust was a complete mess, but upon putting it on the rack, I noticed this in the shift linkage. Thoughts?

 

[SportsPurposeGarage]

Obviously I will correct the terrible welds, but it appears the rod was lengthened for some reason

 

[ossodiseppia]

I don't recognize where this is on the car. A wild guess is that this is the center track rod.

 

[SportsPurposeGarage]

Nope it’s the shift rod.

 

[4SFED4]

Did they change the TA linkage and then had to modify the rod? I had to do this when putting a Milano LSD TA in an Alfetta albeit a little neater.

 

[SportsPurposeGarage]

Ahhh maybe. It has an lsd and a 3.0. So maybe. But it was done poorly for sure. Seems to shift ok. Thanks!!

 

[MALDI]

Looks as if someone added an isostatic shifter from a later GTV6 or Milano.

See this thread, especially post #4: Isostatic Shifter in an Alfetta

 

[SportsPurposeGarage]

Thank you sir. It’s an 84 gtv6. Was it in a later gtv6?

 

[Gubi]

Yeah, the GTV6 got the isostatic linkage in '86 at least...maybe '85. It's a nice improvement over the older shifter provided the bushings etc. at the transmission end are in good shape.

I weld like crap and even I'd be embarrassed by that one! Should be pretty easy to make prettier, though. Or maybe Larry at Alfa Parts Exchange has a good GTV isostatic link.

 

[SportsPurposeGarage]

Lol. Ok cool. Yes my 8-year old daughter can weld better than that. The whole exhaust looks like that too. It’s all going in the bin

 

[alfaparticle]

When I installed a Platinum LSD tranny in my 84 GTV6 we (RJ & myself) replaced the isostatic imput shaft with one from a GTV6 tranny. There was no need to weld anything. IMO the early GTV6 shifter is preferable to the Iso type and I had two Milano's.

 

[SportsPurposeGarage]

So odd. Somebody was trying to fix something. Just not sure what yet.

 

[kengta]

I don't recognize where this is on the car. A wild guess is that this is the center track rod.

Although he doesn't bother to say, I think he is talking about a 84 trans axel car.

 

[MALDI]

The welding is required if you use the shifter from an earlier non-isostatic car with the rear linkage at the transaxle from an isostatic shifter car.

 

[ossodiseppia]

Although he doesn't bother to say, I think he is talking about a 84 trans axel car.

I figured that out after the fact.

 

[SportsPurposeGarage]

Yes sorry! its an 84 GTV6. I am new to Alfas, so I am not well-versed on what they may have been trying to accomplish. Sadly familiar with "Previous Owner Syndrome" that we see all the time in my shop. With the early 911's though, I already know what to look for and can deduce what someone was trying to do...Flying blind with this at the moment, but learning is the joy