Gear lever buzz and vibration

[davidmorr]

1975 Dolomite 1850 manual, no overdrive.

For some time, there has been a buzz in the gear lever when the RPM gets above about 2500. It also vibrates while this is happening. It happens in all gears. If I push the lever to the side, it sometimes suppresses the buzz but not always.

Is this likely to be a gearbox internals problem? Or is there something in the gear lever mechanism that might be loose/need replacing?

It is the newer type of gear lever mechanism with the ball at the bottom of the lever rather than the transverse pin.

[Richard the old one]

You might be missing the anti rattle plunger part 22G2286 and its associated spring as they often come out and get lost when the gear stick is taken out.

[Carledo]

What Richard said ^^^^^!

You could also try checking the gearbox mount.

Steve