Well, that's one I've never heard before!
PO: "I don't know, it looked right when I was bent over looking under the
car."
Sounds like the PO had had a Labattomy. ;-)
Gordon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Damian Hall
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:08 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: PO- 5 speeds in reverse!
>
>
> I am slowly plugging along with my Solex 2000 and I felt a need
> to drive it,
> if nowhere else than in the driveway.
>
> Do date I have refurbished: the front and rear suspension and
> steering, the
> brakes, the carbs (still in process), the cooling system and the cylinder
> head. The electrics are also in process. The car has not been
> registered since
> 1985, and I have never driven it.
>
> Well today, the sun is shining, I felt that I could move it just a little
> under it's own power (it has brakes)
>
> I put it in gear, gently let out the clutch and it moved backwards.
>
> Ah ha, I have the shift pattern wrong (the plate is in a box) so
> I put it in
> second gear. I let out the clutch, it moved backwards again!
>
> Through all five gears, a lurch backwards! Reverse? It moved ahead!
>
> Not being familiar, and not thinking to check, I didn't notice
> that the PO had
> installed the diff carrier UPSIDE DOWN!
>
> Therefore, 5 backwards, 1 ahead. 'Jim Rockford' would appreciate this.
>
> The point: Am I the first or are there others who can commiserate?
>
> I needed to vent, thanks to all of you for your continued enthusiasm and
> thanks to the vendors,
>
> Damian Hall
> 69 SRL ( one step ahead, five steps backwards)
> Pictou NS Canada
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