What do you mean by 'difficult?' Healey transmissions have no synchros in
first--except BN1s, maybe?--so it's always
trickier to select first gear.
To mitigate this problem, you can:
1) never/rarely use first gear (except when you're pulling stumps with your BJ8)
2) if you're not going to be stopped for long--don't want to wear out the
throwout 'bearing'--shift into first when
you're just barely moving (forward)
3) if you need/want first, push the clutch pedal in all the way then just start
to shift into second gear, then shift
into first (sometimes called 'kissing' second)
I'm guessing from your post you had something different than a BJ8 transmission
in before?
Bob
On 5/15/2011 6:27 AM, Ralph Cap wrote:
> just installed my original bj8 center shift trans and used a new clutch plate
> ,the issue i'm having is that its alittle difficult getting in 1st gear all
> the others shift good any sugestions
>
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