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Re: I live in SoCal Posted by turboSTEVE [Email]  (#341) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from turboSTEVE) on Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:38:59
In Reply to: I live in SoCal, AllanJ, Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:37:57 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Someone may have better advice, but this is my method:
From stand still, car off, put in 1st. Start car in first gear - the starter & battery should have enough to pull the car easily - add a little gas and you are running in 1st.
From first, the key is matching the RPMs of the engine to the RPMs of the transmission. You will want to be over 2500 RPM when shifting depending on terrain - you don't want to lose momentum before finding second. Need to maintain throttle but not so that motor is still pulling car (the engine is not causing the car to accelerate or decelerate); if you let off, engine RPM decreases below trans RPM and you won't get out of first. If the RPMs are right, when you pull the lever toward neutral it will slide right out. Pause briefly in neutral and give a little throttle as you gently pull toward 2nd. Remember shifting with clutch - your engine speed drops maybe 700 RPM from when you leave first and enter 2nd. So, if you leave first at 3000 and car is level, you should find second somewhere around 2300 or a little less depending on loss of momentum. Be near this number on the tach when you try to shift into second. If having trouble, use throttle to vary the engine RPM and keep trying at various engine RPMs - you'll know it when you find it.
If RPMs match, it will go right in, no grinding. Typically, you will need a little tug and you will hear gears clash - it sounds painful, but gets you there and trans seems fine years later. Forward gears are fairly durable. Reverse, is not - avoid having to reverse with no clutch. There is a line somewhere between not enough force to get in gear and too much where you risk bending/breaking shift linkage. I haven't broken anything yet.
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