| johnpoly | -- 07-28-2011 @ 4:32 PM |
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Every standard shift car I have ever had requires shifting into second first from standstill to avoid gear clashing into first. At a stop light, with the car in neutral, and then trying to shift into first gear will promote gear grinding. What I do is "touch" the gear shift lever into second gear without engaging it completely. This solves the problem. I have a '36 Ford. Do all of you do what I do? Just interested. John
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| Stroker | -- 07-28-2011 @ 5:12 PM |
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Johnpoly: What you describe is a symptom of not having enough clutch release travel, causing the transmission input shaft to rotate even though the clutch is depressed fully. By putting the transmission in second, you are engaging the synchro cones to stop the input shaft. Eventually, these will wear to the point that they are no longer effective. I'd adjust the clutch so that it completely releases, thereby saving wear on the synchro's. With a properly adjusted clutch, you should be able to engage 1st gear without grinding. As an aside, when I was learning to drive early Fords in the early 50's, my dad said that when shifting out of low: you should say "synchro-mesh" to yourself while in neutral, so as to allow time for the gears to synchronize. These transmissions are not ZF's. You have to gently work with them, but they are a vast improvement over their non-synchro predecessors, which you had to "double-clutch" in order to shift.
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