Starr61871@aol.com wrote:
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> I have recently acquired an "80 TR7 by surprise and am now all excited about
> restoring it. The only problem i have no idea where to start! We recently
> put the transmission back in it (it was being rebuilt when i "received" the
> car so we did not take it out, but had to put it in!) and the car is up and
> running. I have 3 questions for now:
> 1. The gears (5sp) are really tight and hard to shift, esp 2 and 4. is this
> a characteristic of the car, the newness of the transmission, or a mistake on
> our part?
> 2. How many bolts holds up the rear of the transmission? we think we got it
> wrong!
> 3. What is a good manual for this car? We have a Haynes and do not like it.
> Any suggestions?
> anythng else you can tell me would be greatly appreciated. I am new to the
> world ot LBC's so have a lot to learn!
> Starr
> 1980 white TR7 convertible, rough but working
Way back when (1980) I bought a brand new 1980 TR-7 Convertible. The
car was great - until the weather changed. When the temperature
dropped, I found it almost impossible to shift the gears. A trip to the
dealer solved the problem. The 5 sp trans was filled with standard gear
lube at the factory. The dealer had a service bulletin concerning the
shifting problem. They drained the gear lube and replaced it with
Automatic Trans Fluid. Problem solved! (The explanation was that the
gear mesh tolerances were much tighter than earlier units and the
standard gear lube was just to thick!
Tony Childs
'80 TR-7 - Long Gone
'72 Spitfire - Resurrected!!!
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