Hi Dennis
It sounds to me like either the detent springs are weak, these are often
over looked in the process of a rebuild, or the circlip on the front of the
main shaft, though this usually causes a problem in second as well.
The great thing about these boxes is if you know what you are looking at the
fault will usually leap out to you when you open them up.
Graham.
2500 PI MKII
Sprinted Dolomite
2000 MKI
Toledo
1300 Front Wheel Drive
http://members.tripod.co.uk/TriumphIW/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: <dncullig@us.ibm.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:39 PM
Subject: Transmission woes
>
> Fellow LisTRs -
> Once again, I come looking for help. The J-type OD that I had
> installed in my
> 76 TR6 this past May is acting up. It popped out of 3rd gear once or
twice
> 2 weeks
> ago and I didn't think much of it. Now, however, it simply will not stay
> in 3rd gear.
> It pops out regularly, even when under power. It'll stay in 3rd if you
> hold it in, but even
> then you can feel it trying to pop out. None of the other gears seem to
be
> similarly
> affected. I'm going to take the tranny out of the car and am planning to
> take it back
> to the guy who re-built it back in February, but would like to tap the
> collective wis-
> dom of the list first to see what might be wrong. Any ideas and/or best
> guesses
> are welcome. I'd hate to have to go back to my non-O/D transmission,
> especially
> with a rather long trip to the VTR Regionals coming up in a few weeks, but
> I need
> the car to be reliable. Thanks for any and all input.
>
> Dennis Culligan / 1976 TR6 CF57948U(O) - TR6IUMPH / Highland ,NY/
> DNCULLIG@US.IBM.COM
> See www.britsofthehudson.org for info about our club
>
>
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