Try double clutching like the old truckers did.  It's a lot of left leg
work, but can be much quieter.  Remember the shade tree mechanic's motto, "
Ya either gots the time to do it yerself or the money to pay someone else
to do it".

Bullwinkle
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> From: Erik Rhodes <ErikRhodes@PLATSOFT.COM>
> To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU
> Subject: Transmission Grind
> Date: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 10:31 AM
>
>         I sent a question about this a while back, but it was during the
> server problems and I never heard the answer:
>
>         My 79 westie often grinds when I go from first to second.  I'd
> like to put off a trans rebuild for a while, is there any kind of
> special lubricant I can put in there to reduce the grinding?