Thank you to everyone who offered advice on the gearbox jamming in reverese
gear.
The problem turned out to be 3/4 of the teath on the reverse idler gear are
stripped off!
So it would seem to be a straightforward(!!) replacement of the idler gear and
the first/second syncro hub which is missing a tooth, and whatever else is
broken.
The other problem, unrelated is the overdrive that doesn't work.
What can be done for that now that it is off the car?
I've looked through the haynes manual and it covers a few things. Is it
possible to test the overdrive while it is off the car? Presumably it needs to
be spinning quite fast and be full of oil before it will engage?
How easy is it to remove the overdrive from the gearbox in situ should it
still not work after the checks covered by the haynes have been performed?
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Tom Parker - parkert@ihug.co.nz
- http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/8381/
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