Yea, when I lost 5th, I lost reverse also. I forgot to put that in my
original reply.
Best Regards,
Jim
>From: "Eric Frisbee" <efrisbee@charter.net>
>Reply-To: "Eric Frisbee" <efrisbee@charter.net>
>To: <racery@comcast.net>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: 5th Gear Neutral problem
>Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:02:21 -0500
>
>I do believe you are right Toby! This is a Servo type box (steel
>syncros). It was leaking from both front and rear seals, so I figured I'd
>go in and replace bearings and check the syncros while I was at it. I
>gave them the info on how to check for and fix the 5th gear neutral problem
>as well... we even talked about putting tons of Locktite and maybe even a
>spot weld to help keep it all tight... guess that didn't happen, eh? If
>it's not broke, don't fix it, right? I find out on Friday whether they
>will make this right, but until then, I'm out of my daily driver.
>
>Just a quick update too... after I got to work, I checked the car a bit
>more throughly... 5th gear was neutral alright, but could shift into it.
>I found I had lost reverse completely (couldn't shift into at all) and
>shifting into 1st and mostly 2nd gears was considerably tougher. 3rd and
>4th were still ok, but seemed to be looser to shift into and out of. I'll
>be pulling the engine again in a few days. This car has about 5000 miles
>on it since the rebuild too...
>
>Thanks for the thoughts so far!!
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