Hello Jim
I have had two transmissions in my 71 TR6. The first one shifted into
reverse without lifting the lever. The second tranny (a fresh rebuilt unit)
required lifting up on the shit lever to get into reverse. I was very
frustrated and angry with the shop that installed the tranny until I figured
it out.
I don't know why some trannys need the shift lever lifted up to catch
reverse and some don't, but that's the way it is.
Regards,
Mark Stahlke
71 TR6
On 26-Jul-99, Jim Davis wrote:
>
> Ed and others,
> I don't know why some folks think the shift lever on a TR6 is supposed
> to be pulled up to properly engage reverse. Please explain it to me. The
> owners manual reprinted in the Bentley manual reads under the heading
> Gear Shift Lever(27):
> "Moving the gear shift lever from neutral, the gear positions are as
> follows...
> Reverse .. Move the lever sharply to the extreme right and rearward.
> Engage only when the vehicle is stationary."
> Now if it were necessary to pull up on the shift lever, one would think
> the writers of the owners manual would have mentioned it. If some one
> can provide empirical evidence to the contrary, please do so and I will
> admit humbly to being wrong. Until then, if you 'gotta pull up on your
> TR6 shift lever to properly engage reverse, you have a problem. Maybe a
> small adjustment problem, but a problem all the same.
> By the way, did you hear about the guy who slipped spanish fly to his
> date at a drive-in and.....
> Jim Davis
> Fortson, GA
> CF38690UO
> CF37325U
>
> fogbro1@impop.bellatlantic.net wrote:
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> The man is correct. It is designed to be pulled up, before being moved
>> to the right. Most of us just hit it hard enough to go over the step.
>>
>> Ed Woods
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