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Re: '70 4Speed

To: ERW <erwilsey@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: '70 4Speed
From: Jim Grant <jigrant@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:57:53 -0700
You puch in the clutch, shift in to neutral, release the clutch and
'blip' (a technical term) the throttle, then clutch again and shift into
the next gear.

This was effective (and the only way) to downshift into first in motion
in a friend's 1959 TR3 (no first gear synchro).

Cheers, Jim


ERW wrote:
> 
> Well, I'd like to say I know what double clutching means, but I can only
> guess!
> 
> Would it be pushing the clutch in twice before putting it in gear?
> 
> Jim
> 
> Jim Grant wrote:
> 
> > Ron & Julie Edgar wrote:
> >   I have
> > > learned to compensate for it by giving it more time to adjust.
> >
> > Have you tried double clutching?  A simple, pre-synchro shifting
> > technique.
> >
> > Cheers, Jim

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