John,
Before doing anything drastic, like removing your transmission for inspection,
make sure the problem isn't hydraulic. After a warm-up, is the tranny hard to
shift into reverse also? If so, you might want to check the travel of the slave
push rod cold and then warm for any differences in travel. There isn't a lot of
travel anyway, so difference may be very slight.
I've had a problem like this, and the solution came by replacing/rebuilding the
slave cylinder. For some reason heat negatively affected its operation.
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U
JHHOW@aol.com wrote:
> This is for the tranny specialists who lurk out there.
> I recently attempted an overhaul of my original 73 transmission, in order to
> restore syncro. Indeed, there were little brass pieces lying in the bottom of
> the gearbox. OD not touched, and works fine.
> So now the syncro works well, but otherwise the job was not successful.
> When starting out, I can move through the gears smoothly - but in just a few
> minutes, shifting into first from a stop becomes almost impossible, while
> second gear is increasingly stiff. There is no grinding of gears, just an
> incredible stiffness, as if there's an obstruction I must push the stick
> through.
> I'ts entirely possible I have the spacers wrong in the box, but wouldn't that
> make for grinding rather than my situation? Could it be the shifter linkage,
> between the stick and the gears....but I didn't mess with that.
> Your help greatly appreciated Thanks John73TR6
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