[Healeys] bj8 trans

[Greg Lemon]

Alan, I agree with the method, but I am not sure about the theory, when 
going into unsynchronized 1st or reverse don't you want to make sure that 
the car is stopped and the transmission has stopped spinning, I thought a 
spinning tranny gave you a crunch, which is why it crunches if your clutch 
does not fully disengage (because the tranny is still spinning).  But I have 
never looked inside a tranny when this is all going on,  just lots of 
experience with non-synchro first gears in Sprites and Bs and such.

Getting back to the problem would help to know, difficulty getting into 
first, does it crunch or not want to go in at all when you push the lever?, 
if a crunch then likely most likely clutch/hydraulic problems, if it won't 
go in at all or is difficult more likely something in the gearbox or 
linkage.

Greg Lemon