At 10:39 PM 11/4/2003 -0600, Zahid Ahsanullah wrote:
>GlacierMy recent gearbox rebuild on the 1980 Spitfire is not looking good.
>The car is on jackstands and in neutral when I start the car the driveshaft
>rotates. It stops when I press the clutch as it should and goes into all
>gears except 1st. In first gear the shifter feels that it is engaged but it
>grinds like the gears are just touching. When I put it in it looked fine.
This could be caused by lots of things, most of which would require
taking apart the transmission again to fix. You should try removing
the top cover and seeing if the various parts do what they are
supposed to do as you shift between neutral and different gears.
Don;t try this with the engine running, or you will have gear oil all over the
place, or possibly even get your hands mangled in the moving parts...
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
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