Appeal to Dr Evil, Gear linkage Adjustment. How about a video? Options

[nihil44]

Mike,

Your DVD's on gearbox rebuilds are so instructive. How about one on gearchange adjustment?

I know you are over explaining the procedure over and over and your notes supplementary to the video are well written, but a picture has the greatest likelihood of producing the 'aha' moment.

I have been all over my linkage - multiple trips up and down the street with crunching gears bringing startled neighbours to their front fences,babies crying and dogs barking.

It seems as though the adjustments required are quite minute but to see it actually done would be of immense instructive impact.

Hope you can oblige. It may help me regain some goodwill with my neighbours and also recapture much loss of face.

Thanks

David

[nihil44]

Time to 'fess up.

I had numerous attempts at adjusting the linkage but, thanks to Elliott, I followed the Haynes method of adjustment (didn't know it existed until Elliott mentioned it) and found that the upshift from 1st to 2nd was Ok and the other gears were OK but the downshift 3rd to 2nd was crunch central.

Had the 'aha moment. Realised the synchro on 2nd was buggered. I hadn't driven the car when I bought it and didn't rebuild the 'box.

The upshift from 1st to 2nd has falling revs to match the speed of 2nd gear and so no crunch. However, to match the speeds of the gears on the downshift from 3rd to 2nd requires a blip on the throttle to match the revs.

I now drive the car like a crash box. Old fashioned double de-clutching up and down and it drives beautifully.

Will rebuild the box (Dr Evil DVD to be the instruction material) in due course.

Thanks for the responses

David