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Discussion in '308/328' started by Car-nutt, Sep 29, 2024.

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  1. Car-nutt

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    #1 Car-nutt, Sep 29, 2024
    Hello everyone, today is the first time I had taken my 1978 308 out for a drive. I purchased the car 2 weeks ago and the weather has not co-operated until today. I noticed that shifting from 3rd to 4th (@ 4000 rpm, once fully warmed up) it seemed to go into 2nd when sifting into 4th. Still getting use to the gates, I am always looking down at the gate to make sure I am going into the right gear. Once i let out the clutch it screamed, lucky I let out the clutch slowly. This happened 2x today, i had the car out for about 2 hours. What would cause this?
     
  2. Steve Magnusson

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    #2 Steve Magnusson, Sep 29, 2024
  3. Rifledriver

    Rifledriver Three Time F1 World Champ

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    #3 Rifledriver, Sep 29, 2024
    With a gate on the shifter the movement of the shift lever needs to exactly duplicate the movement internally in the transmission. Bad rubber bushings of inexact adjustment can cause it. Some seem to just be willing to struggle rather than fix it.

    Its not something you need to live with.
     
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  4. Car-nutt

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    #4 Car-nutt, Sep 30, 2024
    Perfect, thank you
     

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