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Old 05-30-2012, 05:28 PM   #6
san rensho
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Location: Miami florida
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Originally Posted by landrovered View Post
2nd gear synchro is notorious for failing, I have never been able to downshift from 3rd to 2nd but will be rebuilding the gearbox this summer. 1st to 2nd is crunchy till everything warms up, after that no problem.
Learn to double clutch and you will be able to downshift 3-2 every time. I had Italian cars and they came with bad synchros from the factory, or so it seems. Once you master double clutching, you can put off the rebuild.
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