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Old December 27th 05, 10:28 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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SlipperySlope wrote:
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> The 3rd gear synchro died FAST on my Toyota sedan and believe me I'm a quarter
> century experienced driver with a clutch and I tried every bag in the book to get
> the sonofabitch to go into 3rd when she was dying...... bitch wasn't gonna go in
> with that synchro dying......and I was left revving up on 2nd then bogging on
> 4th..... till I bit the bullet and got the replacement tranny.....


I know what you mean. A cold quick shift from first to second would
beat the syncros almost every time - and the '77 Corolla hadn't even
reached 180k miles yet!
all the other gears were OK, though

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Old December 31st 05, 03:59 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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In article >,
Pooh Bear > wrote:
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>Old Wolf wrote:
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>> Changing from 1-2 and 2-1 still involves the diagonal push (or pull
>> if you are in a left-hand-drive car, I imagine), that way it can
>> never go wrong and accidentally select 4 instead of 2, etc.

>
>Eh ?
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>To move 1-2 or 2-1 just push forwards or rearwards, ensuring the biasing
>spring doesn't move it towards 3-4.


Yep. And with my own car, a one-motion shift from 5 to 6 is much more
reliable than a "stop in neutral and select the next gear" shift,
which has the potential of selecting reverse instead. (well,
attempting to select reverse). Not the shift pattern I would have
chosen, granted.
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