Originally Posted by
pegasus1300
Ok back to the Shiftless Spyder. Doug was very kind to send me the appropriate pages out of the manual and Pete offered to come down and help me. My back got all messed up then the weather closed in for a while and I got sick (Not Covid) so I didn't get much done on the Spyder. We did manage to get a couple of loads of wood in, a must do as we heat our home to a large extent with wood. I don't remember who it was, probably BfromLA who suggested it might be the shift arm. I had said I had tried to move it and it seemed solid. I drained out the new oil and checked both filters and they are in correctly. After studying the pages Doug sent I came to the conclusion that since I didn't have BUDS I wasn't going to get very far trying to diagnose the electronics. Besides I am not very good at that. I decided to take the linkage loose so I could manually shift it into Neutral and guess what, the shift arm was loose after all:yikes::gaah:. I thought "no this can't be The Problem. This must be a problem caused by The Problem." I ordered a new one and got it installed last Saturday,but battery was too low to start it. Battery charged, started up the Spyder and it shifted just fine. I will take it for a ride tomorrow to make sure all is well. This really bothers me as this is the 3rd arm I've gone thru this year. I wonder if it is moving the arm too hard or too far when shifting? Any thoughts?
Thank you all who had ideas for me to try or offered other kinds of help. I really do appreciate all the people here and how helpful they are.