By Frank (24.4.77.156) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 01:13 am:

I have a '77 CVCC with a 4 speed manual. My wife drove the car tonight, which had previously been just fine, and asked me why she had to "lift the stick to shift". I'll spare you the harsh words that followed, but sure enough, the stick now has about 4 inches of travel up and down. It's pitch black out, and I have the shroud over the boot, so I haven't seen a thing yet, but I'm wondering if anyone has any gut ideas. It appears to shift fine...as long as you lift it up to do it. Incidentally, I checked my paperwork... I bought it April 17, 1991, and have put 101,000 miles on it! Thanks for any advice...aside from not to let my wife drive it anymore! :-)

By Adrian (Civicguru) (203.42.97.227) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 02:46 am:

The rubber shifter mount has broken allowing the shifter to fall through the floor. Not uncommon. You'll need to get a new one.

By Frank (24.4.77.156) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 06:33 am:

Um, ok! What's that? I've gone here: http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/majestichonda/carshome.d2w/report?inputstate=4&CarType=354&SystemNumber=394&SystemNumbernext=4110&SystemNumbernext4=4125&SystemNumber= to get an idea, and I don't see what that might be. Thanks again, Adrian!

By Adrian (Civicguru) (203.42.97.227) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 07:24 am:

That site seems to be busted at the moment. I'll have a look tomorrow.
I also shouldn't have said it's not uncommon. What I should have said is it's VERY common.
Just for your interest it's Honda part number 54313-634-000.

By Frank (24.4.77.156) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 07:33 am:

Awesome!!!! Thanks so much!!!!

By Adrian (Civicguru) (203.42.97.227) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 07:36 am:

Seems to have started working ... I don't see it in the list.

By Adrian (Civicguru) (203.42.97.227) on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - 05:19 pm:

You'll be after part number 17:

By Brian Wilborn (24.4.254.120) on Friday, April 20, 2001 - 01:22 pm:

Adrian,

Where are you getting all of these wonderful exploded views of things? All the diagrams I have are of fairly poor quality and I'd like to get a set of diagrams for my 79.

By Anthony (210.50.30.4) on Friday, April 20, 2001 - 05:06 pm:

I can get these done in Nolathane for $50.Aus,maybe less for a bigger than single order.

By Adrian (Civicguru) (203.42.97.227) on Friday, April 20, 2001 - 05:20 pm:

I've got the original factory parts manual . And no, I'm not scanning the whole thing in!!!