An awful lot of work for a kluge. With it that far apart, why not
replace the worn out part?
At 8:14 AM -0400 4/24/04, Charles Christ wrote:
>whew!
>the most common reason a spridget gear box locks up in first gear is the
>detent balls for the synchroniser have come out of their recessed holes just
>far enough to neither go back in or come completly out! there is a simple
>yet pain in the tush repair that numerous BMC gold seal gear boxes had done
>to them. you must remove the gear box from the car and pull the rear tail
>housing off . remove the frist / second gear shift rail and place a washer
>onto the shaft and reinstall the shaft , and reassemble the gear box. the
>washer (not a paper thin one yet not as thick as the intake / exhaust
>manifold washers!) limits the travel of the shaft just enough to no longer
>over extend the travel of the first gear throw. now of course you are very
>carefully pulling the shift railback while pushing the detent balls back
>onto their holes. if the balls 1 or more are already in the bottom of the
>gear box then you must disassemble the whole gear box to reassemble the
>frist / second gear synchroniser.
>it sounds hard yet it is rather easy to do.
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