Transmission reverse gear fixed

[Bob Stein]

For those who may be interested, we got the reverse gear functioning again.  It seems to have been nothing more than gunk buildup over the decades.  A good cleaning in kerosene and fresh oil, with some working the gear back and forth, and the transmission is shifting smoothly in all gears.  There were a couple of instances of retrieving detent springs that performed high-dives into the gearbox - a dab of grease int he locator holes ended that.

Bob Stein

TC5308

[Norman Verona]

On Jun 29, 2018, at 15:50, "Bob Stein Posti@aol.com [mg-tabc]" mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   For those who may be interested, we got the reverse gear functioning again.  It seems to have been nothing more than gunk buildup over the decades.  A good cleaning in kerosene and fresh oil, with some working the gear back and forth, and the transmission is shifting smoothly in all gears.  There were a couple of instances of retrieving detent springs that performed high-dives into the gearbox - a dab of grease int he locator holes ended that. Bob Stein TC5308

[Norman Verona]

Bob, it's one of the things any forget now, gearbox and diff oils need changing every 12,000 miles. Modern oils can be left in forever.

On Jun 29, 2018, at 15:50, "Bob Stein Posti@aol.com [mg-tabc]" mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   For those who may be interested, we got the reverse gear functioning again.  It seems to have been nothing more than gunk buildup over the decades.  A good cleaning in kerosene and fresh oil, with some working the gear back and forth, and the transmission is shifting smoothly in all gears.  There were a couple of instances of retrieving detent springs that performed high-dives into the gearbox - a dab of grease int he locator holes ended that. Bob Stein TC5308