Re: 1940 Manual shift

Posted by johnpoly On 2010/11/26 17:21:19

Thanks. You have arrived at the same solution that I have. The solid H pattern works. The slide method causes lockup. When I first got my '40 120 it would not start when it got hot. With a lockup in first gear I did not want to shut the engine down and then wait an hour for the engine to cool. If I was lucky I kept my foot on the clutch with the engine running and enlisted a passenger or roadside Samaritan to slide in next to me and put his foot on the clutch while I slid my foot off in order to get out of the car and adjust the under hood linkage. It was an intricate ballet but it worked. The hot start problem was subsequently fixed.