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On Monday, October 13, 1997 2:38 AM, Douglas Greville
[SMTP:dgreville@apollo.ruralnet.net.au] wrote:
> Alan
>
> Hope I am not being a nuisance but I have a query regarding the
> gearbox in my M8 Greyhound.
> In case you are not familiar with the vehicle, they use a JXD Hercules
> with a Ford (I think) WG-T95 box (or thats what the parts manual calls
> it). I believe it to be an adaptation of a fairly standard pre-war
> truck gearbox, in that the motor is mounted facing rearwards and it
> uses a remote, reverse pattern gear shift.
>
> Now for the problem - I find it almost impossible to do a 3rd to 2nd
> gear downshift. To the best of my knowledge the box is syncro except
> for 1st and reverse. Double clutching does not seem to make a
> difference. When the vehicle is stationary shifting from 3rd to 2nd
> feels just the same as the other gears. This would seem to indicate
> that the problem exists only under load?
>
> Could this be a synro cluster problem (according to the speedo the
> vehicle has only done about 1000 miles since military rebuild) maybe
> something has too little tolerance and may eventually wear in. Or
> is it a characteristic of the box or worse an indication of something
> wrong?
>
> Thanks
> Doug
>
>
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