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Re: Transmission Problem

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Subject: Re: Transmission Problem
From: Rob Pennington <robp@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:35:02 -0600
I had similar problems that were due to the shift lever assembly, not the 
clutch.  I had to take it out, clean it up make sure the spring was 
positioned correctly and it has been fine since.

Rob
74 TR6 daily dribbler

At 10:29 AM 12/10/2001, jay_welch@juno.com wrote:
>Sounds very similar to mine (non-OD) and many others.  Sometimes its ok
>and sometimes its not.  See Nelson's site in the Technical section
>regarding clutch problems.   http://www.buckeyetriumphs.org/index.htm
>
>Jay Welch, Abington MA
>1971 TR6 project
>1973 TR6 driver - wanting to "Drive it Hard"
>Member "Cape Cod British Car Club" @
>http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
>
>
>On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 05:48:31 -0800 (PST) michael lunsford
><mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Listers,
> >
> > About 6,000 miles ago I rebuilt my transmission (actually I held the
> > wrenches while Alan Moskowitz did the intellectual part-thanks
> > Alan).  The rebuild involved replacing the bearings, seals (I didn't
> > touch the OD, it works great) and new synchros.  In an effort to "be
> > all that I could be" (at least transmission wise) I put Red Line
> > Synthetic MT oil in the tranny (1970 A type OD).  Within the past
> > 1,000 miles I have noticed an increasing difficulty in shifting
> > through the gate from 1st-2nd to 3rd-4th as well as to reverse from
> > 1-2.  Originally the difficulty seemed to increase as the
> > transmission warmed up however now this shift is difficult all of
> > the time.  Thinking it might be the synthetic trans oil I changed
> > back to the regular 85-90 weight oil which initially seemed to
> > improve things however I am now back to square one with the same
> > problem.  I have changed the oil twice in an effort to eleminate
> > residual synthetic oil in the OD unit but the problem persists.  I
> > obviou!
> > sly need to resolve this problem before I wear out/break something
> > in the tranny.  Any suggestions?

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