TRANNY HELP ! ! ! !

[rdixiemiller]

Sounds like the shift drum has something stuck in it.

 

[bozozimbo]

Sounds like the shift drum has something stuck in it.

exactly thanks fellas.




jimbo

 

[linesplice]

Let us know what you find? Good luck.

 

[bozozimbo]

Let us know what you find? Good luck.

It was nice and cool this morning so I went and tore the floor back out of the duece, pulled the top of the tranny.....again....determined to find out why I didnt have 2nd or 3rd. I bungeed the throttle stop so the truck wouldnt start and with the starter switch rotated the gears thru......they all looked great. Still I couldnt get the 2/3 synchro to slide back and forth.
Well.....with the thought that I had nothing to lose. I went and got my door bar I used to use when I worked for the railroad. I forced the synchro back and forth dozens of times. It freed up a little more each time. I am happy to say I now have 2/3 gears. The shift is a little stiff but i'm sure will loosen up more as I use it.
Bottom line......on the 2nd gear side of the synchro the innner gears that the synchro slides on were a bit burred....i'm sure causing the problem.
Somewhere down the road I will probably have to change the cluster out but its working for now.

Jimbo

 

[jwaller]

sounds like you might have gotten lucky. make sure to change the lube often and keep and eye out for fragments or excessive metal dust.