Barney,
We're on the wrong list for a flood of answers - now,if it were the MGT
list...!
Like you, I had driving experience on a pre-war Chevy pickup with a
similar transmission, then a buddy's Model A ford.
The question got answered, a couple of times, but I imagine most folks
didn't understand it. This is something that's a hell of a lot easier
to learn by doing than by reading about it! But, if someone really
wants to understand the process, and has an extraordinary amount of time
on their hands, get a book with a good diagram of a manual transmission
and work through the process of upshifting and downshifting. Better
yet, tear one apart on the workbench and follow how the gears transmit
motion.
I, for one, would enjoy reading the inimitable Gaylord approach to a
clear explanation of this process - without resorting to use of a
diagram!
Bill
Barney Gaylord wrote:
>
> At 08:11 PM 1/27/00 -0500, Bill Schooler wrote:
> >....
> >By the way, for those who haven't used a non-synchro gearbox, and I mean
> all the gears, do you know what the proper clutch/throttle procedure is for
> upshifting?
>
> What? More than four hours and no one has responeded to this yet? I must
> be a really old fart because I learned to drive on a 3/4 ton '41 Ford p/u
> truck with 4-speed crash box tranny. As such, I'm not solicited to answer
> this question, because I HAVE use a non-syncro gearbox. But, "for those
> who haven't used a non-synchro gearbox", I'd be happy to answer questions
> directed at me.
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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