sounds to me like a clutch, or throwout bearing related
problem...what effect does the operation of the clutch
peddle have on the situation?
richard / 79'spit / colorado
----- Original Message -----
From: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
To: <Spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 10:57 AM
Subject: Transmission Diagnosis
>Hey all;
>
>Now that I am about to embark on the renovation of my '79 Spitfire, I
>thought I might share this problem with the group. The last couple of
>years that I drove my Spitfire (and that was three years ago) I was
>experiencing the following problem:
>
>The shifter would go into reverse fine if the engine was cold or off.
>However, after it warmed up the only way to get it into reverse without
>"grinding a few pounds", was to shut the engine off, shift into reverse,
>then restart it.
>
>I am a Physicist and not an auto mechanics guru, so pardon my seemingly
>"dumb" questions as I now learn what I would have liked to learn many
>years ago.
>
>Reid
>'79 Spitfire (mine for all its 20 years)
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