Van,
Ya, it sounds as if things are near to terminal. My 2c- find a spare
four speed. They're dirt cheap. Also get a replacement countershaft and
bearings. Prolly more than you paid for the tranny, but also prolly not
much over $50, gaskets included.
Then pull your tranny, use the best synchros and gearset. All the
gears should stay together- swapping gears around COULD cause problems.
Might not, but it's not "recommended" Swapping synchros is no big deal,
neither is flipping them over to use the 'unworn' side, if they're
servo-style.
Of course, the big assumption here is that you have 2 trannies with the
same synchro style. Most of the early cars (like, maybe, pre-69?) had
servos. The only Borg-Warner (sprag) style trannies I've seen (one a 4
speed, one a 5-speeder) both came from '70 cars...
THe hardest part? pulling the darned things. Working on them once
they're out is no big deal. Honest. If you can do an engine (or a fast
swap-grin!) then a transmission won't be a problem.
But even if you just toss in another transmission, DO replace the
countershaft and its tiny little bearings. They're the big weak link in
an otherwise stout little gearbox.
Good luck with it,
Toby
DemonTSi@aol.com wrote:
>
> I bought my current 1600 with a bad first gear, with the assumption that I
> could just drive it until I have the time to swap the tranny from the parts
> roadster in. So I've been driving the thing for the past ~2 months with just
> 2-4th gears, and everything's been fine...till today! My symptoms:
>
> - putting tranny into 2nd or R will elicit a very nice grinding of gears.
> - I can put it into either 2nd or R, if I slam it in quick and hard (still a
> little grinding, but not as bad).
> - sometimes when I depress the cluch and put it into R, the car will move
> even with the clutch fully depressed.
> - I am now forced to try and rev match the engine before putting it into 2nd,
> and that sometimes results in a very smooth engagement (but not always).
>
> I do not know much about trannies at all, so all I can assume is that I've
> gotta have at least a bad 2nd gear syncro, and maybe some forks are out of
> whack...? The car is still drivable, but at this rate, those gears are
> probably not going to last too long if I have to keep on grinding them...
>
> Van
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