Yes, with the original transmission in my 66 B I also fell into this
habit. But with the 4-syncro transmission it has not been necessary. It
goes into 1st "slick as a whistle".
Paul Hunt had this to say:
>Having owned BL cars since the 60s I have never had one yet where I could
>guarantee getting into either 1st, synchro or not, or reverse first time.
>As far as 1st goes I very soon learned that if it baulked a quick pull back
>to 2nd and push forward again, clutch still down, almost always does the
>trick. It seems the synchro rings for 2nd seem to align 1st somehow. And
>like you, it is now second nature (well after 30+ years it would be).
>Failing that, and for reverse, it is a case of into neutral clutch up clutch
>down (pause if selecting reverse or it crunches) into gear.
>
>PaulH.
>
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