-- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
Chip, Always start with the easiest fix first. What is the idle speed of
the engine? High idle RPM could cause grinding in first and reverse.
Second guess from here is a out of adjustment clutch ( dragging) . Third
guess ..... you don't want to know !!!
Bob Nogueira
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> Date: Monday, 01-Jun-98 09:22 AM
>
> From: ebrown@ms.com \ Internet: (ebrown@ms.com)
> To: MORGANS \ Internet: (morgans@autox.team.net)
>
> Subject: What Sort of Clutch Problem
>
> When cold and at a standstill, putting my '57 Plus 4 (#3714) into gear
> is easy, noiseless, no grinding. Increasingly, after a good warm up,
> it is hard (again, at a standstill) to get the car into reverse or
> first without grinding the gears. Once moving, is not a problem with
> the remaining three gears. There's no free play to speak of in the
> clutch mechanism, and the clutch otherwise seems fine, no juddering
or
> slipping. I wonder if any of you have any thoughts? I am keeping my
> fingers crossed about doing a midsummer clutch rebuild....
>
> Regards to all-
>
> Chip Brown
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