On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, michael lunsford wrote:
> Ted Ciporin and I have the same problem. My transmission also grinds
> when shifting rapidly from second to third and when downshifting
> rapidly from 4th to third. This is not a big problem and I don't
> notice it 99 percent of the time. The reason for this post is because
> I rebuilt my transmission and put new synchros in it and I still have
> the same problem. I have heard (after the rebuild) that if you lap
> the synchros with valve grinding compound before you install them they
> work much better but have no personal knowledge of this. I'm
> certainly not going to pull the transmission out and do it again
> unless it gets a lot worse and it's been the same for 20K miles.
> I've tried synthetic oil, and regular gear oil but not motor oil or
> ATF. If anyone has a simple solution to this problem I would like to
> hear about it. By the way my trans is the early A type OD but not
> original to my 1970 TR6.
REDLINE MTL WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM UNLESS THE SYNCHROS ARE KNACKERED.
> Mike Lunsford
regards,
rml
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