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TR6 won't go into reverse

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Subject: TR6 won't go into reverse
From: Harry White N1QVE <harry15@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:07:18 -0400
Hi Friends,

I need some advice ... the TR6's transmission won't go into reverse. It 
will not move into the right-side position (before pulling aft). It 
feels like something is in the way / blocking it.

Last weekend, when I was coming home from the CT Triumph Register show, 
the overdrive wouldn't engage .. first time .... Since the switch is 
mounted off the bottom of the dash, I reached behind and wiggled a wire 
... then it worked. Then it didn't.

I didn't mess with OD anymore and parked her in the garage when I got 
home. Today, I pulled the switch, cleaned the terminals, hooked it back 
up. I fired her up and BAM - no reverse. I rolled her out and took it 
for a ride, everything works fine, OD works fine, switch seems fine now, 
but still no reverse. It's a type J OD. It was not driven in reverse 
w/OD switch on, to the best of my knowledge.

Any ideas, things that I should look for or do before I start calling 
the LBC shop near here (Lime Rock Motors, near the track) and have to 
turn her over to them?

Thanks very much!
Harry

1975 CF31127U w/ '72 engine




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