Good chance that the shifting of location is part or all of the problem.
Shift rods are no longer going to line up correctly.
jimt

On 10/11/05 7:57 AM, "Mark Brush" <mbrush@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> When I was under the bus, I noticed that there were 8 bolt holes where the
>> front end of the transmission bolts into the frame of the bus instead of 4
>> ("front end" meaning where the transmission bushing bolts into the frame
>> of
>> the bus). It seems like a previous owner shifted the front end of the
>> transmission to the left by an inch (maybe the original bolt holes
>> stripped
>> out). Could this possibly have an effect on second gear shifting? Are the
>> eight bolt holes for the transmission normal? What are the odds of having
>> three transmissions with bad second gears?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Mark