Re: [VintageLambo] Second Gear

Hi John, The item about the clutch adjustment is that you need to have a small amount of clutch pedal movement before the throwout bearing meets the clutch fingers. This ensures proper engagement and can have a big effect on shifting performance.The way to set the pedal travel is by getting under the car and adjusting the length of the rod from the clutch slave cylinder.I have developed an illustrated writeup for this procedure in the 400 rebuild manual that I could cut and paste for your use.Let me know off list and I will e-mail it to you. FWIW, the manual is almost complete and once the final edits are incorporated and I generate an index, Fred and I will post it in a fully-indexed (hyperlinked) PDF format on the Vintage Lamborghini Garage site for use by members. Happy Holidays, Jack John Allott wrote: From: "John Allott" > Is there anything that can be done, or is it just a Lamborghin gearbox > "thingy" which we have to learn to live with ???? > Thanks for all the comments, there seems to be a general feeling that we treat the symptoms - slow shifting, missing the gear when cold, different oils, etc. - rather than being able to overcome the problem within the gearbox, and I suppose its initial design. It seems odd to me that the great engineering in our cars has a weak link in the gearboxes - is there something we are all missing ?Were the cars/gearboxes like this from brand new ? I seem to remember a posting shortly after I joined the "Classic List" about a clutch adjustment which had helped get the gearbox working correctly - does anybody remember who, when and what the posting was about - maybe the originator, if they are on this list can put their comments in again Thanks everyone John