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Re: Tranny gear selection problems

To: "Stephen Wan" <Steve@olsonarchitect.com>,
Subject: Re: Tranny gear selection problems
From: RacerY@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:38:35 +0000
If it does it in neutral,
it's in the gearbox itself.  
And it doesn't sound like the 
kind of failure that the transmission
will survive for long...

sorry,
Toby


> I was up on thanksgiving helping a fellow roadster roadster owner (Datsundude
> on 311s.org) tune his timing and carbs. He dropped in a 3 main motor and a
> tranny which he replaced some seals on.  We found that the car will jump upon
> starting while in neutral.  Not violently, just like an automatic tranny
> idling in gear.  He bled the clutch and the clutch does disengage when
> depressed as the car does not jump when the clutch is in.  He also found that
> the shifter wil not go into 3rd, 4th, or reverse.  I'm not sure that it did
> this when the tranny was out of the car.
> Anyone experience this or have any suggestion what to check before he pulls
> the motor and tranny to crack the bellhousing again?
> You can respond directly to him here:
> http://www.311s.org/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=email&u=309




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