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Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: Odd clutch problem
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Mon, 16 May 2005 23:13
 
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Hi,
| Dale_ta22 wrote on Mon, 16 May 2005 21:28 |
If it's only down shifting from 4th to 3rd that gives you crunching, it's most likely a syncro. How's the 3rd to 2nd? It's usually the one to crunch when down shifting. There's always double clutching...
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Down change from 3rd to 2nd is perfect. It's only from 4th to 3rd. I don't think my box has synchros, but bands. I just don't know enough about the P51 box and I've never seen a repair manual or anyhing like that for it. The few places I've taken it to just scratch their head and say "Sorry mate, never heard of it".
Toyota has a few spare parts but no spare bands. They said that it's possible to swap the band over (ie turn it back to front) and that may fix the issue, or get a new band engineered.
I'm not that keen to have the box pulled out without having some guarantee that someone can fix it. In the meantime I change gear slowly and use the brakes more than downchanging to keep it going as long as possible. Worse case I can put in a W50 and put the P51 aside until it can get fixed (if ever) - but I won't be doing that unless the box becomes undrivable, which, at the moment, is not the case (it's great except that downchange and a little clunky on all the upchanges). I was/am so hoping it would be the clutch.
seeyuzz
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