shifting Options

[cpavlenko]

My 71 stocker has a new trans. It shifts nicely through all gear, note still breaking in, so it's tight. But what i notice is when setting at a light, and pushing clutch down and going into first it can be hard to get it right and sometimes I have to double clutch to get into first so I don' t get a grind. All new bushing down to the rear tail...is there a correct way to make adjusting under tunnel inspection panel. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[era vulgaris]

keep the clutch peddle down until the light turns green.

As Cap'n said, sitting at a stoplight with the clutch pedal depressed is bad news bears for the crankshaft bearings. Same holds true for when you start the engine and turn off the engine. All three of these things should be done with the car in neutral, and your foot off the clutch pedal.

As for the first gear crunch thing. My car did it horribly when I got it - I had to wait a good 5 or 6 seconds before shifting into 1st after depressing the clutch pedal. And despite the dumb ass PO (scotty boy) saying he'd adjusted the clutch cable...he obviously hadn't. It needed tightening....alot of tightening. It's much better now, although I still need to rebuild my pedal cluster to fix it completely.

But I have a similar situation as wndsrfr's 2nd car, where sometimes the synchro just won't cooperate. Usually what I do is come to a stop in neutral, foot off the clutch pedal. Once stopped I shift into reverse then 1st, then back to neutral, foot off the clutch and wait for the light. When it turns green it almost always slides into 1st like butter.