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Old 04-06-2014, 10:37 AM   #14
19673ontree
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Re: Grinds in 1st, but only after leaving it in neutral for a bit

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Originally Posted by trevarthan View Post
I'm going to try this and a few other things today and see what happens. I think he thinks spinning the transmission up in neutral will spin the gears up. I'm not sure if it will or not. I'll report.
The idea of going from neutral to first is to STOP the gears not spin them thats what putting it up in second will do it will stop the gears spinning so you can get the first gears to mesh ,, I tried this on my 67 yesterday after reading you post and it is much easier if you go fr second ,,,,
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