Red & fellow listers,
Please understand that I'll be fond of you no matter how you choose to
find reverse in your TR. Makes little difference to me. All I've been
trying to communicate is that a properly functioning TR6 transmission
with a properly functioning clutch can be easily shifted into reverse
from neutral with one finger. I have two in my garage that do so, and
after rebuilding them both I believe they were designed to be so
effortlessly shifted.
The steering column on CF38690 is a bit loose. It wasn't designed to be
loose, it just doesn't bother me enough to go through the pain in the
a** job of fitting new bushings. I've learned to live with the wobble,
and if it doesn't bother you to play with the shift lever a bit to coax
your transmission into reverse, fine with me. Just don't pretend that it
was designed to be operated that way.
Happy shifting to all,
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U
"Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC" wrote:
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> Fellow LisTRs --
> Since I initially and ignorantly started this thread, I'd like to bring
> closure to it by saying you can shift into reverse gear - without grinding -
> in two different ways, to wit:
> 1) You can ever so gently yet firmly LIFT the gear shift knob only
> slightly as you briskly move it to the right and then to the rearward, or
> 2) You can slap that sucker with the meat of your hand to the right and
> yank the bloody thing with all your might down!
> I and "Christine" prefer the former method, rather than the latter.
> See you at VTR/Portland!
> Red Hansen
> '74 TR6 CF13994 - missing this trip
> '95 Ford Windstar - bringing 1 wife and 2 kids
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