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Subject: [Healeys] Sticky sideshift gearbox
From: greylinn at ozemail.com.au (Peter & Veronica)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:09:08 +1000
References: <FC210AC9BB7848BBA698D17392E39F8F@Notebook> <E0D5CD09-AD3C-47EC-ABD7-1AE6F8C506CA@gmail.com>
Don't know why that happens Chris - I type quote marks " "

I did notice that there doesn't seem to be much travel on the clutch ie it 
engages very close to the floor. I'll get him to check that out

Cheers

peter

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Dimmock
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 6:47 PM
To: Peter & Veronica
Cc: <Healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Sticky sideshift gearbox

Firstly Peter,
If every one else replaces an inappropriate b with a ' - then your
emaIl will make more sense!
Back to the issue. Jack up the front, and see how much clutch pedal
travel there is on a single press. Full stroke?
If not, bleed.
How much oil in the gearbox?
Which oil??
Check the clutch movement first. If insufficent, could be as easy as
bleeding, worn clevis pins, worn clevis pin holes... You can really
only tell by looking....
Best
Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On 01/11/2011, at 6:45 PM, "Peter & Veronica"
<greylinn at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Gbday list
>
> One of our new Queensland members has just taken delivery of his  b
newb

> BT7. It was restored some years ago by a specialist and has done 
> relatively
> few miles since. One thing thatbs a puzzle is that the gearbox is  very
> b
notchyb
 for want of a better word. Ibve driven it and although  Ibm
> not that familiar with 4 speed side-shift boxes, I found it very  hard to 
> get
> into gear. It seems almost to hit a b
stopb
 ie there is a great  deal of
> resistance that takes a heftier (in my view) shove to overcome than  it 
> should.
> The gearbox was apparently overhauled during the restoration,  although we
> donbt know the extent of that. We are told that the detent balls  and 
> springs
> were replaced before the car was sent up to Queensland in an attempt  to
> resolve the problem b which it clearly hasnbt!
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Peter Linn
> Brisbane Oz
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