[Healeys] BJ8 Transmission problem

[Alan Seigrist]

Rod -

Drain the gearbox oil.  If you see metal flakes or metal pieces in the
oil (esp in the first bit that comes out). STOP driving the car!

If there isn't any metal in the oil I suspect that one of the selector
forks is installed wrong or missing or some such nonsense.

Taking the top off the box to look inside is a good idea too.

Alan

On 10/27/10, Rod Shepherd <rodshepherd at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Good evening all,
>
>
>
> A club member here in Oz is trying desperately to have a LONG TERM
> restoration back to driveable condition.
>
> We are experiencing a strange problem with the transmission/overdrive.
>
> Unknown to us at this present moment is the time since Clutch, Transmission
> and Overdrive were installed and indeed what repairs (if any) were carried
> out.
>
> I would expect that gearbox and overdrive would have been overhauled, but am
> not certain to date.
>
> Our initial thoughts regarding driveability were that the clutch simply
> required a bleed and this would fix problem.
>
> This we did and we drove the car a short distance (probably 1 kilometer) and
> all seemed fine.
>
> However when we decided to drive the car after lunch and REVERSE into its
> garage, it seems as though the clutch is not fully engaging and there is
> little power being experienced at the rear wheels, combined with some
> strange noise emanating from gearbox.
>
> We can select 1,2,3 and 4th gear and drive car forward easily, but 'she'
> doesn't like reverse at all
>
> Anybody have any thoughts, we do plan on pulling the transmission next week
> if we have to.
>
>
>
> Rod Shepherd (AHOC of Qld.)
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