You will have to take the box apart to be able to examine all parts for
wear, i.e. synchro's, bearings, shafts, forks etc.
Only then you can establish the condition of the gearbox properly. It
sounds like a lot of complicated work, but it is not, really. In general
gearboxes are easy to work on providing you have or can make up (wooden)
dummy shafts. Make sure you have a proper manual to work from.
If you have the facilities you can take the chance to fit the gearbox as
is and see how it performs. It is not a terribly big deal to fit and
remove the gearbox, the only drawback it being so bloody heavy.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Carr&Edwards wrote:
> Now that we were finally able to expose the gearbox innards, we know that the
> gears all look good -- no broken or badly chipped teeth (only a very few
> pinhead-size nicks), and the shaft turns smoothly, with no noise. When we
> drained the fluid, there were some tiny (pinpoint size) flecks of brass, but
> no larger pieces.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1.) Is there any way, short of installing the box in a car and driving it, to
> tell whether the synchros are any good?
>
> 2.) We can move the shift lever into the 3 forward gears without difficulty,
> but not into reverse. Is there any trick to doing this when the box is
> sitting on the bench?
>
> Once again, thanks!
>
> Sarah Carr
> BN1 in PA
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