[6pack] TR Gearboxes

[Bill Wellbaum]

A friend with a '59 TR-3 encountered a loud bang (he said it resembled a large
backfire) and the whole car shook while accelerating in 2nd gear.  Now, when
in second, he has loud clicking and growling sounds and when going round a
corner the gear lever rocks back and forth and the growling is worse.  He said
he can get in and out of 2nd gear but the noises keep him from going there.
He got home ok and said there was no problem with 1st, 3rd and 4th.  He didn't
try to engage the o/d unit for fear of causing more damage.

1.  Any suggestions on what may have happened,
2.  Are the gearbox cases similar for the TR-2-6 series of cars--or are they
all dramatically different?

Bill Wellbaum
Las Vegas