Hi ,,,,,,
Shortly after buying my car (1978 MGB) and driving it for 2-3 days under
almost every condition that I felt necessary to uncover any possible
problems, I started to notice that once in a while the transmission would
sound like it was losing syncro from 2nd into third gear. Also going into
reverse became a real challenge. Finally it (the clutch or tranny) just
locked itself up so it wouldn't shift at all with the motor running. Oh,
Great what am I going to tell the wife...? "Joe Sports Cars" great deal of
the century is now sitting in the street unable to shift or start in gear
without trouble! What the heck was it! I somehow narrowed it down to either
contaminated fluid in the slave cylinder/clutch reservoir or the syncro is
gone altogether. Great, just Grrreat! Using all my mechanical skills I parked
the "B" and started to talk nice to it asking it to please behave.I also
checked the fluid reservoir tucked up behind the brake servo unit, the clutch
reservoir was indeed in need of fluid. Lots of it! And after I topped it off
I made sure that the system was devoid of any air or foamy bubbles . I then
checked the oil level in the tranny to make sure there was enough. Everything
seemed to be A-OK! So being rather tired, I caught up on reading /answering
some sorely neglected e-mail, and then got some sleep! I awoke the next day &
went to move the car to let my wife out. I used my own starting mojo. 1st
Check oil & water levels (1.) Key on; (2.) Let fuel pump click awhile; (3.)
Turn engine over couple of turns (4.) press gas pedal 1/4 way down then
relese -or- enough to prime the carb..Then (5.) It should start as soon as
you turn the key. Never let the cars starter just keep turning the engine
over and over. ( I never let starter turn over for more than 5 seconds! If so
there's something wrong) Anyway, As soon as I went to shift the car it
felt...newer, not as loose as before. Hmmmm. And the grinding had all but
disappeared (except when I forget that reverse isn't 2nd or vice -a- versa)!
Any all I can ascertain is that over the period "it" sat awaiting "it's"
Prince in shining armor ....Me! It lost a lot of hydraulic (Brake) fluid and
started to suck air into the lines when I drove it and pushed in the clutch
to shift. The only time it makes that awful >>GRAWKRRRKK<< noise is if I try
to go into 3rd to fast without completely missing the gates. But the darn box
feels heavy-enough to handle all I can give it with its 90 some H.P. And
anyway its not an automatic, heck if I want quiet shifts & noiseless motoring
I'll drive the Jaguar. or place an order >>www.mgcars.co.uk/mgf/index.html<<
Now, theres an interesting group of MG's. AND see how prominent the MG logo
is featured on the cars. This might be the start of something good!
G'day...Albert Escalante 1978 MGB; 1977 XJ-6L; 1957 3.4 litre saloon
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