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50.000 miles on a Toyota box is very little unless very abused. Sounds a
bit like a worn synchro hub? Loosened nut on the main shaft? Did you use
the recommended oil by Toyota before in stead of MT90? Perhaps you
should change to the recommende oil.
Clutch OK?
Kees Oudesluijs
Op 25-12-2018 om 19:13 schreef Michael Oritt:
> Sixteen years and about 50,000 miles ago I purchased a conversion kit
> and a rebuilt Toyota five-speed transmission from Smith (Smitty)
> Brodie after second gear in my original three-speed box broke while I
> was travelling in CA following Conclave 2002 in Tahoe. Smitty gave me
> the use of his shop, lift, tools and lots of help and along with a
> couple of local Healey guys whose names have escaped me we installed
> the new transmission and I was able to drive back home to Maryland
> with no issues.
>
> Last week I took the car for a long ride (see "Every Ride is a Test
> Ride" string) and on the way home I began to experience some
> difficulty getting the car into fourth gear, especially on upshifts,
> and though I was able to get into gear there was a "crunch" on
> engagement and often the stick would pop out of gear.  During another
> long ride yesterday things went further south and I was totally unable
> to get into fourth, plus there seemed to be some resistance when
> upshifting into third.
>
> I did a bit of googling and found several posts where people had
> similar issues and merely by changing their gearbox oil the problems
> went away. Hoping against hope this morning I drained the Redline
> MT90 which has been in the car for about a year (no metal bits, etc)
> and refilled with fresh. Unfortunately nothing changed and I was still
> unable to get into fourth, either going up or down through the gears
> and despite my rev-matching or double-clutching.
>
> I've gotten a lot of good use of the gearbox and clutch and I'm
> certainly not complaining. Plus I am fortunate to have a local
> mechanic who has worked on many manual boxes of all kinds, so I'm not
> afraid to remove the transmission and give it to him for a rebuild.Â
> However before I simply pull the unit out I wonder if there are any
> detent balls/springs or the like under the top cover or whatever that
> might have come loose, etc. and are causing the problem. I know there
> are a lot of us with Smitty's conversions and if anyone has any
> thoughts I would appreciate input.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
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<p>50.000 miles on a Toyota box is very little unless very abused.
Sounds a bit like a worn synchro hub? Loosened nut on the main
shaft? Did you use the recommended oil by Toyota before in stead
of MT90? Perhaps you should change to the recommende oil.</p>
<p>Clutch OK?</p>
<p>Kees Oudesluijs</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 25-12-2018 om 19:13 schreef Michael
Oritt:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sixteen
years and about 50,000 miles ago I purchased a conversion
kit and a rebuilt Toyota five-speed transmission from Smith
(Smitty) Brodie after second gear in my original three-speed
box broke while I was travelling in CA following Conclave
2002 in Tahoe. Smitty gave me the use of his shop, lift,
tools and lots of help and along with a couple of local
Healey guys whose names have escaped me we installed the new
transmission and I was able to drive back home to Maryland
with no issues.</span><br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Last
week I took the car for a long ride (see "Every Ride is a
Test Ride" string) and on the way home I began to experience
some difficulty getting the car into fourth gear, especially
on upshifts, and though I was able to get into gear there
was a "crunch" on engagement and often the stick would pop
out of gear.  During another long ride yesterday things
went further south and I was totally unable to get into
fourth, plus there seemed to be some resistance when
upshifting into third.</span><br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I
did a bit of googling and found several posts where people
had similar issues and merely by changing their gearbox oil
the problems went away. Hoping against hope this morning I
drained the Redline MT90 which has been in the car for about
a year (no metal bits, etc) and refilled with fresh.Â
Unfortunately nothing changed and I was still unable to get
into fourth, either going up or down through the gears and
despite my rev-matching or double-clutching.</span><br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I've
gotten a lot of good use of the gearbox and clutch and I'm
certainly not complaining. Plus I am fortunate to have a
local mechanic who has worked on many manual boxes of all
kinds, so I'm not afraid to remove the transmission and give
it to him for a rebuild. However before I simply pull the
unit out I wonder if there are any detent balls/springs or
the like under the top cover or whatever that might have
come loose, etc. and are causing the problem. I know there
are a lot of us with Smitty's conversions and if anyone has
any thoughts I would appreciate input. </span><br
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael
Oritt</div>
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