On Tue, 21 May 1996, Peter Barrance wrote:
> > quickly, so in really bad cases almost no force is required to move the
> > lever into reverse. It's a long shot, perhaps, but could the rebuild shop
> > have substituted a badly worn late TR6 tranny (or at least the shift rod &
> > lever assembly from one)?
>
> Just for ref, I've never lifted the lever on my '71 TR6 when shifting to
> rev. Think it's the original fairly early gearbox. Perhaps I should be...
> No indication to that effect on the lever tho.
Could be there's another variation I haven't run accross that has neither
the early-type stepped lockout or the later ramped lockout. I've never
seen one like that, but...
> Chip - where is Cub Hill, btw? Is it near Parkville/Carney. There's a
> Cub Hill road there anywhere. Saw a blue TR4 there too. Could it be???
Cub Hill is an area north of Carney. If you saw a dark blue TR4 on Cub
Hill Road it was probably me. There used to be a dark blue TR250 in the
area, but I haven't seen it for a long time.
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver)
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If cars had evolved as fast as computers have, by now they'd cost a
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