$38 of wishful thinking, 4th gear synchros. are toast

SuffolkD at aol.com SuffolkD at aol.com
Mon May 16 16:33:28 EDT 2005


Skip 4th, I'm currently skipping third and I'd trade my 3rd gear issue foir 
your 4th gear............  Drive it.
-SCott by BOSTON

> From: (Alex Kowalski)
> 
> Well, I tried.  But the wing & a prayer part of putting the Redline MT-90 
> into my transmission was mostly prayer and not enough wing.  Today I put ~65 
> more miles on the car, with the fluid topped up again, and although the 
> transmission shifts better in the gears that actually work, 4th is really not 
> appreciably better where it matters, which is going into gear without 
> double-clutching and exactly matching the revs.  Even being off by 200 RPM causes 
> clashing.  Time to end the experiment, because the synchros. on 4th gear have given 
> up.
> 
> Alex Kowalski
> 




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