hi Tom, ive done the linkages 3 times now. and still no better, late last night i had another look inside the side pannel of the Transmission, i have another Transmition cover with a better looking 2-3rd shifter folk so fitted that.(With the complete cover?) now with the engine not running. the box shifted fine in all gears.so i filled it up and took her out.
set out up the road, and grinding noises coming from the transmission in 2nd gear. when i push the clutch in they go. ive tryed using the colum shift to move it around just slightly in 2nd gear to see if adjustment could have been too much or too little but makes no difference. ive also re adjusted the rods that move the shifter shaft to see if that get ride of the noise but no joy.
when i put my foot from no gas to full gas you can feel alot of play coming or whipping threw the drive
i have rechecked the Steering Column. double checked that the upper and lower control shafts are square in the (two bolt holding assembly in the cab) put new bushes in the outer leaves too.
checked and checked the gearshift lever, its horizontal position and H box alignment
thing is when i only changed the clutch i did nothing to the transmission or the linkages? just put it all back in? have used it with no problem for a few 100 miles..then hell starts? could it be internals of the transmission? any clues.. my refference material and only help is you lot and the truck Manual. ;-(
