ZF "D" popout &

[fred89sp]

The best I can do is suggest you e-mail or call Bennie at Bluebird and
if he cannot help, contact Veronica McDowell at ZF (847 478 6868) and
ask her to put you in touch with one of their technical people
familiar with Bluebirds.

Sure would like to find out the answer to this puzzle.

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "williamcharrison"
wrote:
> Hi Fred,
> Thanks for the attention, but this phenomenon is repeatable.
> The button actually pops out and the trans. goes into neutral if
> I cycle the dash headlight switch (I don't drink and drive).
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "fred89sp"
> wrote:
> > I cannot argue with what you observed but am having difficulty
> > comprehending how the transmission selector switch could be caused
> to
> > do that. I have had the switch out of my 89SP and, as I recall,
> it is
> > strictly a mechanical device with electrical contacts. I do not see
> > how any electrical energy or lack thereof could cause the switch to
> > change selection. If you mean that the switch remained in drive
> but
> > the transmission went into neutral then you have a wiring problem
> that
> > I would ask ZF in Chicago for input.
> >
> > Hold off buying a new switch, as I recall they are over $400.
> >
> > Without disputing Fred Hulse's post, I associate blue smoke with
> oil
> > in the combustion chamber, not a fuel problem. Perhaps sitting
> > allowed some oil to seep past a valve guide. I would price the
> timing
> > setting job and that would be a factor in deciding whether to
> observe
> > the smoke for a while before undertaking a fix.
> >
> > White smoke is caused by incomplete combustion, more commonly seen
> in
> > cold weather. Again I would want to see how persistent this
> problem
> > was before undertaking work.
> >
> > The crankcase vent vapor you observed is normal.
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "williamcharrison"
> > wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > Just returned from an extended trip with my '90SP36 and (most)
> all
> > > was satisfactory. Though I learn new things each trip I confess
> that
> > > some things still puzzle me.
> > > I used the dash headlamp control to flash a passing
> > > truck that he was clear and the trans selector popped out of
> drive.
> > > I thought I had inadvertently touched it but confirmed that if I
> cycled
> > > the light switch it would always pop out.
> > > Also, we were stationary for 6 days and when I started the
> engine
> > > it blew blue oil smoke until the engine warmed up - is this
> normal?
> > > There is also a lot of vapor coming out of the crankcase vent
> after
> > > the engine warms up.
> > >
> > > William C. (Chuck) Harrison
> > > '90SP36 Akron, Ohio