Hope the check is in the mail then!

I have just re-done my gearbox oil using- guess what?? Penriite 75w - 80. Smooth, clean shifts, have also put in a special additive to rejuvenate the seals, will give a verdict shortly if it stops a little front input shaft weep as it claims to do!! Len

There's also Castrol VMX 80W for a Type E gearbox, although I suspect it isn't quite as fancy as the Penrite semi-synthetic stuff. The whole 'semi-synthetic' thing messes with my brain though' - what percentage of synthetic oil in regular dinosaur oil makes it a semi? 50%? 20%? 1%?

I promised myself not to post this weekend as I'm sure I have hassled you all enough recently and wanted to retreat into the corner and give someone else a go ,but it was a bit of a bad night in the shed...
 
I changed the gearbox oil, using  Flighter's favourite drop, but I think I've found a bit missing from the alloy extension casting but aren't sure now.
I have the std 4 speed box, and below is a pic I found from Kirts green escy rebuild, showing the std box and a rocket version. So from the pic, I have highlighted what felt like was missing from the gearbox extension.
ie. in my extension,  there's only one  cast tag that the side of the selector lever bottoms sideways against, but from what I could see and how it felt, I think there should have been this stop on each side??
 
There was a thread on hear also about fitting a quickshift, and I thought from one of those photos it had these lugs on both sides? I stuck it all back, and it seems to shift as expected, but the more I check this car out, the more I'm convinced it was a bitza that has been put back together after having the good bits stripped.
 
it might be the heat....
 

thanks whooligan, but I probably didn't explain that well, and the pick is unclear.
 
The box type is the same, its the escort one.
With the gear lever stick out, looking into the casing, one side of the case has a boss that limits the sideways movement, but the other side of the casing doesn't. I could feel a sharp fracture where it may have been if it have broken off, but the rocket box picture looks like there's only one anyhow, thus some of the confusion.
 
In the end, as mentioned I've stuck it back together for know, and plan to order a UK quaife quickshift as suggested when I can find some car dollars. (no Quaife aust dealer?)I will look at it again when its apart, and expect it may just be a case on not wrenching on the gearlever too hard in the future.
 
thanks all. Grab a sunnyboy and stay cool, its gonna be hot wherever you are.
 
 

I've got a cheap one (rather than a Quaife), and the quality seems very high regardless.

an update.. I grabbed a quickshift from Yesterford also.
I'm sure it's the same as you see from uk, but Mikes prices are ok and he has helped me with some other gear.
It looked pretty good quality wise, and I can see what you guys have mentioned regarding how it can be noisy.
I filled the inner shifter cover with a bit of grease, and cable tied the inner cover down tight a bit, hopefully to might dampen the vibrations.
It feels great though, and I cant wait to try it out.