On 3/21/10, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks much. Think I found the problem.

Nope. That part was fine.

The bent guide pin was bent. I figure I reinstalled it angled down
which lowered box on end of shift rod away from the shift lever. I
assume this effectively reduced lateral movement of box on shift lever
ball which would keep it from pushing the shift lever shaft in. And
for some reason, when checking by hand, shift lever would push in but
wouldn't move fore/aft to 1/2. Maybe I wasn't lining it up right. It
worked on the bench though. I moved around a bit, then it worked.

Drives fine but is slightly noisy in 1/2. A quiet growling under
power. But it stays in gear, and no crunching between gears. Maybe
thicker oil would help the noise.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Neil.
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