At 05:15 PM 05/11/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Condition:
>
>2) Shift lever making noise for a few days. Sounds like computer
>hard drive
>when reading a big file. Small up or down pressure on lever makes
>noise
>go away.
>
>
>Any diagnoses gratefully appreciated.

Drain the lube and look for metal. If so, rebuild the tranny. If no, check
the shift link. Remove the clutch for inspection in any case, as that noisy
TO is a gonna go. Make plans to do it now or you will HAVE to do it when it
fails. Now it is bad, soon it could be ugly.

T.P. Stephens
San Juan Island, WA