Dan,
That round plate is the adjuster wheel that is rotated to adjust the
shifter cable. The leak is coming from an o-ring located just under the
wheel. You will have to remove the lower end of the shift cable to replace
it. Brake fluid probably won't help on this one, a new 30 cent o-ring is
likely the way to go.
Mike
At 09:44 PM 5/15/2003 -0400, Dan Morton wrote:
.
I seem to now have a minor leak from the adapter housing, where the push
button shift control cable enters it. It appears to be coming from a
lockdown disc that has a single bolt through it into the housing. The plate
itself is much larger than the mating surface of the housing, and has
several holes drilled around its periphery. When I look in the '57-'58
service manual, I see no such plate in any of the pictures of the housing.
The '59 supplement has no pictures of the housing.
What's the likely culprit here? Is there a seal behind this plate that's
likely hardened and leaking? Should there be more than one bolt in this
plate?! If anyone has an explosion diagram of this part of the assembly,
I'd like to see it...
Maybe it's time to try John William's brake fluid trick?!
Dan
'59 Sport Fury
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