Try double clutching like the old truckers did. It's a lot of left leg work, but can be much quieter. Remember the shade tree mechanic's motto, " Ya either gots the time to do it yerself or the money to pay someone else to do it". Bullwinkle ---------- > From: Erik Rhodes <ErikRhodes@PLATSOFT.COM> > To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU > Subject: Transmission Grind > Date: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 10:31 AM > > I sent a question about this a while back, but it was during the > server problems and I never heard the answer: > > My 79 westie often grinds when I go from first to second. I'd > like to put off a trans rebuild for a while, is there any kind of > special lubricant I can put in there to reduce the grinding? |
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