I would check the clutch, Van! if its hard to select gear when standing
still - maybe the gearbox is better than you think
regds Rob Hewitson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> DemonTSi@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, 14 October, 1999 17:11
> To: Datsun-Roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Life is bad (tranny woes)...
>
>
> 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
> - http://members.xoom.com/BADROC
>
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