
RV8 - cut out marked
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Solving
the second gear problem with an LT77 or R380
Andy Leondiou reported in a V8BB post that he thinks we have sorted
out the 2nd gear problem with the RV8s thanks to Stuart Ratcliff of
The MG Centre of
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RV8 - contact between the gear lever and the edge of the opening
Sydney.
Andy says "Stuart started investigating the problem
when he had a spate of RV8 owners complaining of the second gear crunching
or popping out of gear when letting out the clutch. He thought that
the original rubber dust excluder (same as that in an MGB) fitted
under the leather gaiter |
RV8
RV8 - second gear with the cut out made
and no
longer contact with the edge
around
the gear lever could impinge on the gear
lever
engaging second gear correctly."In
this note Andy explains how the modification was made.
See
the full article
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