1937 120C Transmission Lock Up

Posted by R Howe On 2021/4/8 10:31:40
The three speed floor shift transmission on my ’37 120C has locked up. I try to start it and drive it for a few minutes every couple of weeks and when I tried yesterday, i had to really force the transmission into reverse and then could not get it out of reverse and into first. I had a friend of mine try to free the transmission as I rocked the car forward and back which did eventually work. We could then push it back into the shop but I cannot change gears easily with the car not running as I had been able to. I did pull the clutch pan and checked it and the clutch is releasing as desired. This transmission and the engine were rebuilt just prior to my buying the car and it and the engine were still out of the car when I bought it. The car and these were shipped separately, I have not driven the car except in the lot area around where I am working on it. Does anyone know the probable cause of this lock-up condition? Right now my plan is to pull the transmission and see if I can determine the cause. If I cannot, I’ll take it to a shop where they rebuild vintage cars to see if they can do anything with it and let me know. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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