Scott, both my Healey and my Midget will sometimes grind going into first
unless I move the gearshift into another gear first. I usually shift into
second briefly, then into first. By the way, the Midget tranny is fairly
new, a rebuilt unit from Victoria British a few years ago. The Healey
gearbox is original.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
Why can't they put manholes in the MIDDLE of the lane?
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> From: Trmgafun@aol.com
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: This grinding is driving me NUTS!!
> Date: Friday, August 01, 1997 10:21 PM
>
> Greetings,
>
> Since getting my MGA on the road this past Spring, I've had a problem
here
> and there with my first gear grinding (seems to be getting worse). I'll
pull
> up to a stop light and wait until I notice the light in the other
direction
> turn yellow, then I'll press in the clutch and wait a few seconds before
> putting the car into first gear. Sometimes it will go right in with no
> problem, but every once in a while, it will grind. I've noticed that it
gets
> worse, the more things are warmed up. Sometimes pulling the clutch out
and
> then back in seems to help.
>
> I don't believe it's the hydraulics because everything is new. The
engine is
> fresh and I believe the clutch is new too. I've never talked to the PO
but
> since the tranny had been recoupled with the engine since the rebuild, I
> figured everything is fresh.
>
> Maybe the clutch is misaligned? Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Scott Helms
> http://members.aol.com/trmgafun/index.html
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