Re: Help: 5th gear sear shift fork rod

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Shawn C Meze wrote:

>
> On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 20:42:37 +0000 Patrick Bureau <pbureau@home.com>
> writes:
>
> >Laughing... smells like someone pull something they should off and had
> >to
> >redo a tranny eh?  There is proof of learned experience I bet
> >(GRIN)...
>
>
> Actually I was changing the 5th gear in the GLi's tranny WHEN the rod
> fell out. (it was out ofthe car for a clutch job & gear swap.)
> I knew it would of been a bad thing if it came out and I was trying to
> make sure it stayed in place but the one last time I tipped ot over I
> heard a clink-clank as it fell out on the driveway. My heart dropped and
> I tried for about an hour to get the rod to go back in by itself but I
> knew the true reality of my situation. Ah well, sometimes shit does
> happen. (Mostly always to ME but you know....)
hmm the engineer in me wants to say if it comes out that easy it *should*
go back in... of course things never quite work out that way...


>
>
> Shawn Méze
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