Yep -same thing happened to my TR2 -Luckily it drove well in 2nd gear and
above so I could get home from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It went
straight to Herman Van Den Akker for some R and R --and now runs better than
ever. Mike Andrews TR2 in LA
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>From: "Lou Metelko" <lmtr4a@ctlnet.com>
>To: "List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Fw: tr3 - first and reverse noise
>Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2003, 6:24 PM
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Gradually my car is becoming roadworthy. Just in time for winter.
>>
>> Next problem is this: In first and reverse there is a very pronounced
> clicking which seems to come from the gearbox. I know nothing about what
> happens in the gearbox.
>
> Charlie:
>
> Had the exact problem with the transmission on the TR2 when it first went
> into service. It is a tooth missing on the first and reverse gear cluster.
> Expensive little rascal not just in its cost but since it resides in the
> bottom of the gearbox, all of its neighbors must be removed to replace it.
> You can just ignore the sound but the extra strain on the next tooth may
> cause it to also break off and get jumbled up with the other gears causing
> ever more hardship. That gear cluster makes a neat paper weight on my desk
> with its missing tooth!
>
> Lou Metelko
> Auburn, Indiana
> 54 TR2
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