Rob,
Sounds like your have a detent ball out of place or missing. When you
removed the side cover, did you replace both springs and plungers? It's
possible the shift forks are in slightly the wrong position too.
Gerard
At 9:46 PM -0800 1/12/02, Rob Root wrote:
>Hi List,
>
>I just put in a used ribcase transmission in my 1962 Sprite. I disassembled
>it, cleaned it, and replaced only seals and reshimmed the mainshaft, because
>everything else looked pretty good (it was supposedly "rebuilt" just prior to
>being given to me).
>
>I have one problem. About half the time, I have to let the clutch out in
>between 2nd and third, in order for it to go into third. This is accompanied
>by a small "clunk", after which it goes into third just fine. It feels like
>it's not coming all the way out of second until torque is applied, and then it
>pops out. If I don't let the cluth out in neutral, it just won't allow me to
>select third.
>
>The other half of the time the transition from 2nd to third is normal. All
>other gears seem to work fine, and the synchros seem good too.
>
>Any experts out there know the cause of this problem? Is it likely to do more
>serious damage if I continue to drive it this way? Thanks in advance.
>
>-Rob R
>
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