Christopher
that explain it all:when it comes with a stiff 2nd gear from the factory
there isn't much to do about it after...
I have absolute the same problem as you and it never bothered me at
summer...only at cold winter days and as you some km and it's gone...or let
say from 10 tries makes 2-3 problems
It looks like I have to live with that ...
I'll try that oil you recommended when I change the timing belt and see how
it will behave then...
thanks for you answer:very kind of you
Lubo
PS:as for the guys in Devon rebuilding the gearboxes....well...don't
know...a guy in Belgium sells rebuild gearbox(0km) for around 1800euro incl.
VAT
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Christopher Bell <[Email address removed]
> wrote:
> Lubo
>
> It's a gearbox originally designed for a bus, and they come from the
> factory with a stiff 2nd gear.
>
> They vary a lot: mine (at 149k miles) is a bit awkward, especially in
> cold weather, for the first mile or two, but after that it is fine; but
> some others struggle to change gear at all when it is cold. Mine has
> got no better or worse in the 7 years / 90k miles I've had the car, so I
> think driving style (or more precisely gear changing style) probably
> matters a lot. I'm very gentle with gearboxes generally, and happy to
> double de-clutch when changing down if necessary.
>
> On the basis that mine is perfectly acceptable, then a new or
> reconditioned box is going to be as good or better. I remember reading
> comments by Herb Peyerl, a very competent Canadian mechanic on the
> 80sCool list, that rebuilding his box still left 2nd gear as awkward,
> but quite usable - it sounded pretty much like mine is now.
>
> There are some other things you can do: the manual with my car says that
> you should use 75w90 oil in the box, and Australian users have reported
> that Castrol VMX-M can make a stiff box a lot better, so maybe you could
> try that. However I imagine it's a lot colder that Australia where you
> are so, on the basis that the difference between "cold" and "warm" makes
> such a difference to my box, you could perhaps try xxwyy oil, where "xx"
> is some number around 65, and "yy" around 80. I don't know what is
> available in Norway, but in my experience a farm / tractor workshop is
> the place to ask those sorts of questions since they will be used to
> dealing with lots of different machines.
>
> Finally, knowing your high opinion of Norwegian mechanics (!), there is
> a workshop about 15 miles away from me here in Devon that is probably
> the best place in the UK to get a gearbox rebuilt. I don't know if that
> would interest you, but I have more information if you want it.
>
> Christopher Bell
> Devon UK
> 1996 1HD-F
>
>
> Hi guys
> does anyone knows if the 2ng gear problem on the manual gearbox is a
> factory problem or cause due to heavy loading?
> I think if I buy overhaul gearbox will that problem with the 2nd gear
> disappear
> cheers
> Lubo
> HDJ80 '96mod
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