[Healeys] bj8 trans

[Bob Spidell]

What do you mean by 'difficult?'   Healey transmissions have no synchros in first--except BN1s, maybe?--so it's always 
trickier to select first gear.

To mitigate this problem, you can:

1) never/rarely use first gear (except when you're pulling stumps with your BJ8)
2) if you're not going to be stopped for long--don't want to wear out the throwout 'bearing'--shift into first when 
you're just barely moving (forward)
3) if you need/want first, push the clutch pedal in all the way then just start to shift into second gear, then shift 
into first (sometimes called 'kissing' second)

I'm guessing from your post you had something different than a BJ8 transmission in before?

Bob



On 5/15/2011 6:27 AM, Ralph Cap wrote:
> just installed my original bj8 center shift trans and used a new clutch plate ,the issue i'm having is that its alittle difficult getting in 1st gear all the others shift good any sugestions
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