[Healeys] Sticky sideshift gearbox

[Chris Dimmock]

Firstly Peter,
If every one else replaces an inappropriate b with a ' - then your
emaIl will make more sense!
Back to the issue. Jack up the front, and see how much clutch pedal
travel there is on a single press. Full stroke?
If not, bleed.
How much oil in the gearbox?
Which oil??
Check the clutch movement first. If insufficent, could be as easy as
bleeding, worn clevis pins, worn clevis pin holes... You can really
only tell by looking....
Best
Chris

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On 01/11/2011, at 6:45 PM, "Peter & Veronica"
<greylinn at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Gbday list
>
> One of our new Queensland members has just taken delivery of his
> bnewb
> BT7. It was restored some years ago by a specialist and has done
> relatively
> few miles since. One thing thatbs a puzzle is that the gearbox is
> very
> bnotchyb for want of a better word. Ibve driven it and although
> Ibm
> not that familiar with 4 speed side-shift boxes, I found it very
> hard to get
> into gear. It seems almost to hit a bstopb ie there is a great
> deal of
> resistance that takes a heftier (in my view) shove to overcome than
> it should.
> The gearbox was apparently overhauled during the restoration,
> although we
> donbt know the extent of that. We are told that the detent balls
> and springs
> were replaced before the car was sent up to Queensland in an attempt
> to
> resolve the problem b which it clearly hasnbt!
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Peter Linn
> Brisbane Oz
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