To me an optimistic view on the situation might be that you really broke
something on the linkage (internal or external) more than the tranny itself.
The
way you say it wouldn't go into gear and now you can move it through all of
them - maybe the trans itself is just sitting in neutral and the problem is
that
the gearshift is not moving the shifting forks. If this trans is like I
think the shifter goes in near the tailshaft and its decisions move down a rod
into the trans and you never know, maybe the problem's just there and your
trans
is sitting there healthy just wondering why you're not telling it to do
anything.
Hope so, good luck and let us know.
Mark M
In a message dated 6/18/2005 3:28:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
bmwwxman@gmail.com writes:
> Hmmm. A lot of really good stuff in these replies and it has my poor old
> brain
> ticking away. The car is a 68 MKIII Midget but I have no idea if the tranny
> is
> original to the car or not. It does have what appears to be an inspection
> cover
> and I was planning on looking in there before making a decision on pulling
> the
> whole lump. I don't think the ring gear in the diff is damaged as I
> can turn the
> rear wheels through several full revolutions without feeling any notchiness.
> It
> just has a lot of lash which may well be normal.
>
> I think I'll start with David Lieb's suggestion and pull the axles (new
> bearings
> wouldn't hurt 'cause I have no idea what condition the old ones are in).
> That
> will allow me to check for broken half shaft and a look at the pinion and
> ring
> gear on the diff.
>
> At that time, I'll also turn the drive shaft against the engine in 1st
> and reverse
> as suggested by Chris Kotting and Mark M., then finally take a look inside
> the tranny inspection cover.
>
> Is there still a possibility that the splined center broke out of the
> clutch plate?
> I had that happen on my old TC many years ago. It was a crappie clutch plate
> made in China that I bought real cheap. Live and learn.....
>
> You guys are a great source of information. I hope you haven't given me more
> courage than my mechanical skill can keep up with ;-)
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