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beno
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by beno 14 Aug 2008, 19:53
Hi,
Right... I'vegot to get to V festival tommorow and my van has decided to be tricky to be put into first gear and make a hell of a grind when being put into third.
My vans a 1989 T25 2.1 with a four speed replacement gearbox.
I'll be honest with you here and tell you although I love my van I usually take it to the dub garage down the road and am not mechanically adept......BUT is there a way I can easily adjust the clutch so it stops grinding or am I looking at a wing and a prayer at getting to Chelmsford tommorow???????
All help gratefully recieved....cheers, Ben
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by Bigplatty 14 Aug 2008, 20:00
Maybe worth having a look in the old haynes manual, there is an article in there about adjusting the gear lever an the whole selection thing and the alignment. Hope you get to V
kit
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by kit 14 Aug 2008, 20:03
Give all the linkage a good spray of wd 40 might help?
beno
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by beno 14 Aug 2008, 20:14
Cheers to both of you..., got the book out now and just read something on the forum tech about spraying white grease on stuff, so looks like i'll be up at the crack of dawn to 'fix' it.
......hopefully Dawn won't mind
Bigplatty
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by Bigplatty 14 Aug 2008, 20:50
No comment !!!
ermie571
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by ermie571 15 Aug 2008, 07:46
do you think he went?
2.1 DJ 1990 Caravelle (died and gone to heaven)
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by Grun 15 Aug 2008, 11:39
ermie571 wrote: do you think he went?
Em, are you thinking of the Welsh Limerick, (if thats not Irish), about the young man from Gwent?
Mike
'Two 'eads is better'n wun even if mine's a sheeps'
ermie571
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by ermie571 15 Aug 2008, 12:04
Grun,
there was an owner from Gwent
to v dub we're not sure if he went
with grease in dawn's crack
will he ever get back
in his T25 to gwent????
Em
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sorry mods....don't think this is a technical post any more. And Ben, sorry
Really hope you got it sorted and are reading this AFTER V dub!!
Em
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2.1 DJ 1990 Caravelle (died and gone to heaven)
beno
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by beno 18 Aug 2008, 12:48
Now then..........
I made it there and back with only one gear crunch! That white grease worked a treat.
Thanks to everyones advice and even the ad hoc poetry
Going for a long overdue shower
Cheers Ben
ermie571
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by ermie571 18 Aug 2008, 12:58
Brilliant!
Glad you enjoyed your weekend, and the bus behaved itself!
Apologies for the poetry...hope I didn't upset you!
Em
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2.1 DJ 1990 Caravelle (died and gone to heaven)
