On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Chad Jester wrote:
> I've owned a dozen '74 - '76 TR6's....three with less than 25K miles.
> NONE of them had any provision to lift the shifter when shifting into
> reverse.
>
> I have had many of these levers apart and there is no obvious mechanical
> requirement to lift the lever, even if you could. There is a spring
> loaded "detent" but you actuate it by pushing the shift lever sideways.
TR gearboxes through early TR6 had a step in the reverse selector that
acted as a reverse lockout. You have to lift the lever to clear the step
before you can get into reverse.
Later TR6 gearboxes have a ramp in the selector instead of the step. This
let you move the lever into reverse by applying extra pressure to the
right, but you don't have to lift.
I don't know when that change was made. Perhaps someone with a TR6 parts
manual can tell us.
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