Ed,
I agree with the others who have posted, but there is one more thing that
can cause this. The pilot bearing is dry. The pilot bearing sits in the
center of the flywheel, in the end of the crank shaft. Its job is to take
the load off the end of the transmission input shaft. When this bearing
dries out the remaining grease dries out and causes some drag between the
crank and the input shaft. The bearing on mine is dry and I will hve to
pull the engine/trans to take care of it, but until it gets to where I
can't get into gear without grinding very often, I am putting it off. On
my car I have no problem getting into reverse, but do have problems
fighting the syncro for first gear from time to time.
Peace,
Pat
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Eddie Sawyer wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> Welcome back all of you who made it down to shasta this year. I'll be
> there next year for sure. I'm sure i'll be bugging everyone who went to
> the carb tuning class real soon. :-)
>
> My 68' 1600 is having a little gear grinding problem. When it's cold, I
> can shift into reverse perfectly. When it's hot though it catches and
> grinds like crazy. The weird thing is it seems to get worse the hotter
> the car is. The forward gears all seem to shift fine no matter what.
>
> I thank you all.
>
> Have a great day,
> Ed
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