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<p>50.000 miles on a Toyota box is very little unless very abused.
Sounds a bit like a worn synchro hub? Loosened nut on the main
shaft? Did you use the recommended oil by Toyota before in stead
of MT90? Perhaps you should change to the recommende oil.</p>
<p>Clutch OK?</p>
<p>Kees Oudesluijs</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 25-12-2018 om 19:13 schreef Michael
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style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sixteen
years and about 50,000 miles ago I purchased a conversion
kit and a rebuilt Toyota five-speed transmission from Smith
(Smitty) Brodie after second gear in my original three-speed
box broke while I was travelling in CA following Conclave
2002 in Tahoe. Smitty gave me the use of his shop, lift,
tools and lots of help and along with a couple of local
Healey guys whose names have escaped me we installed the new
transmission and I was able to drive back home to Maryland
with no issues.</span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Last
week I took the car for a long ride (see "Every Ride is a
Test Ride" string) and on the way home I began to experience
some difficulty getting the car into fourth gear, especially
on upshifts, and though I was able to get into gear there
was a "crunch" on engagement and often the stick would pop
out of gear. During another long ride yesterday things
went further south and I was totally unable to get into
fourth, plus there seemed to be some resistance when
upshifting into third.</span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I
did a bit of googling and found several posts where people
had similar issues and merely by changing their gearbox oil
the problems went away. Hoping against hope this morning I
drained the Redline MT90 which has been in the car for about
a year (no metal bits, etc) and refilled with fresh.
Unfortunately nothing changed and I was still unable to get
into fourth, either going up or down through the gears and
despite my rev-matching or double-clutching.</span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I've
gotten a lot of good use of the gearbox and clutch and I'm
certainly not complaining. Plus I am fortunate to have a
local mechanic who has worked on many manual boxes of all
kinds, so I'm not afraid to remove the transmission and give
it to him for a rebuild. However before I simply pull the
unit out I wonder if there are any detent balls/springs or
the like under the top cover or whatever that might have
come loose, etc. and are causing the problem. I know there
are a lot of us with Smitty's conversions and if anyone has
any thoughts I would appreciate input. </span><br
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael
Oritt</div>
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