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Re: This grinding is driving me NUTS!!

To: Trmgafun@aol.com
Subject: Re: This grinding is driving me NUTS!!
From: dmeadow@juno.com
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 22:27:29 -0500
Scott:-

I find that putting the trans in 2nd just before trying to put it in 1st
seems to help.  I have had a similar experience with a warmed up car in
that it will be sometimes difficult to get it into first, although there
is no grinding.

David Littlefield
Houston, TX

On Fri, 1 Aug 1997 22:21:31 -0400 (EDT) Trmgafun@aol.com writes:
>Greetings,
>
>Since getting my MGA on the road this past Spring, I've had a problem 
>here
>and there with my first gear grinding (seems to be getting worse).  
>I'll pull
>up to a stop light and wait until I notice the light in the other 
>direction
>turn yellow, then I'll press in the clutch and wait a few seconds 
>before
>putting the car into first gear.  Sometimes it will go right in with 
>no
>problem, but every once in a while, it will grind.  I've noticed that 
>it gets
>worse, the more things are warmed up.  Sometimes pulling the clutch 
>out and
>then back in seems to help.  
>
>I don't believe it's the hydraulics because everything is new.  The 
>engine is
>fresh and I believe the clutch is new too.  I've never talked to the 
>PO but
>since the tranny had been recoupled with the engine since the rebuild, 
>I
>figured everything is fresh.  
>
>Maybe the clutch is misaligned?  Any ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Scott Helms
>http://members.aol.com/trmgafun/index.html
>

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