[Healeys] Sticky sideshift gearbox

[Alan Seigrist]

Peter / Chris -

Oh right, good thought.  Also if someone put a BJ8 brake master in for the
BT7 clutch master (easy mistake to make, they can look identical on the
outside) you will have this same problem.

Alan

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 01/11/2011, at 6:45 PM, "Peter & Veronica"
> <greylinn at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>  Gb day list
>>
>> One of our new Queensland members has just taken delivery of his
>> b newbBT7. It was restored some years ago by a specialist and has done
>>
>> relatively
>> few miles since. One thing thatb s a puzzle is that the gearbox is
>> very
>> b notchyb  for want of a better word. Ib ve driven it and although
>> Ib m
>> not that familiar with 4 speed side-shift boxes, I found it very
>> hard to get
>> into gear. It seems almost to hit a b stopb  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
>> donb t 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 hasnb t!
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Peter Linn
>> Brisbane Oz