Correct! The nuetural to Second to first gear changing is the
normal for the early trannies. AT a stop light in nueteral Always Bump
Second before ging to first. You need to stop the spinning input shaft.
It's a bad Idea on Alpines to sit at a long traffic light with
the clutch pushed in because of the friction of the carbon TO bearing
and the heat that it generates. It can shorten the life of the bearing.
Rich
> ----------
> From: Sergio Dimarmo[SMTP:wanderer(at)sure.net]
> Reply To: Sergio Dimarmo
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 1997 10:00 PM
> To: Heuer, Paul
> Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: clutch in -> revs fall???
>
> Heuer, Paul wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Can anyone tell me why this happens?
> > My Series 3, (original engine, twin Zeniths) sits idling happily in
> neutral.
> > I depress the clutch pedal and the engine revs drop by a couple of
> hundred
> > RPMs. Not a loaded, groaning drop as if something is binding, but a
> fall
> > over a second or so. It is enough to cause a *graunch* into first if
> I dont
> > wait for the revs to fall.
> >
> > BTW - I managed to get the tonneau to fit over the weekend by
> leaving the
> > car parked in the (wintery) sun and progressively securing more
> > lift-the-dots as the tonneau stretched. Thanks to all who provided
> advice.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Paul.
>
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Sounds you like have the standard early transmission that came with
> the
> Series I-IV. They had a non-syncromesh first gear. I had a Series I
> that
> did the same thing. The drop in engine RPM is due to the carbon throw
> out "bearing" and is normal for all Alpines. My suggestion would be to
> shift into second gear to stop the transmission gears then shift it to
> first, this will cut down on the grinding.
>
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