[TR] Wedge 5 speed gearbox issues

[Dixie]

My first question would be what is the colour of the oil in the gearbox? Has 
someone filled it with ep oil? or 20/50? This would give a sluggish 
gearchange.

The oil to use in the Rover/TR7 5speed is auto trans fluid and should be red 
in colour and very thin. You can buy special oil but auto trans fluid works 
perfectly.

Adrian TR4A CT64306 O
Wales UK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mark at bradakis.com>
To: "Triumphs" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:32 AM
Subject: [TR] Wedge 5 speed gearbox issues


> First off a quick note on list archives - they are where they were
> before, http://www.team.net/archive
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> So this fellow brings a car into the shop, it has a Rover SD1
> V8 mated to a TR8 5 speed gearbox.  The issue is that about
> 3/4ths of the time the box shifts fine.  But a bit too frequently
> it is really difficult to downshift from 3rd to 2nd, or to get it
> into first and finding reverse can be a bit troublesome.  The
> clutch system seems to be working just fine and is most
> likely not part of the problem.
>
> I'm not that experienced with this particular model of transmission
> so I'm just standing around scratching my head a bit.  Does this
> behavior sound like a common issue with this gearbox?  Any
> hints on what to look for right off the bat?  Fluid is fine, so I'm
> assuming it isn't something as simple as that.  Any ideas on
> what to look for first?
>
> Thanks,
> mjb.
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