[AT] OT--Where's reverse on an MGB??

[charlie hill]

Glad to be of assistance Roger.  Like you said, it was worthwhat  you paid 
for it.  grins.  Haven't heard much out of you lately.  Hope all is well.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "captneb" <captneb at agristar.net>
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Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--Where's reverse on an MGB??


> Charlie, this letter alone is worth the subscription price of ATIS!!!  I
> needed some cheer today, and this was a gooder.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--Where's reverse on an MGB??
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>
>> Reminds me of a couple of vehicles from my past.  The  first was my Dad's
> 53
>> Dodge 3/4 ton.  Something was wrong with the 3speed shifter on the 
>> column.
>> To get it in reverse you had to grab the end of the lever in your right
>> hand, run your left hand through the right side of the steering wheel and
>> grab the shifter in the middle. Push the shifter up into second, pull it
>> down into low and all in one motion push it up into reverse with your
> right
>> hand while pulling the shifter towards you and up with your left hand.
> Even
>> then it took practice.
>>
>> The other was a 13 speed fuller roadranger (RTO 12513) in a Brockway
> truck.
>> The driver who had run the truck  since it was new took another job and I
>> took the truck over.  Mac (former driver) told me the day he left that he
>> needed to show me how to get it in reverse.  He had never complained to
> the
>> boss about it being messed up and no one knew.  I guess he viewed it as
> job
>> security.
>>
>> Reverse was to the left against a spring detent and up.  To get it in
> there
>> you had to place your right leg so that your knee was just over the right
>> hand corner of the seat, pull the shift lever against your leg and while
>> pulling it hard to the left and pushing against it with your knee, slip 
>> it
>> off your knee and up.  It would go right in and no one watching would 
>> ever
>> realize there was a problem with it.
>>
>> A few weeks later, while my truck was in line waiting to be loaded on a
>> logging job, the boss asked me to take his pickup and go for some parts.
>> When I got back the whole logging job was shut down.  My truck  was 
>> parked
>> in the hole between a barn and a big oak tree where you had to put  a
> truck
>> in order to be able to back it down onto the log deck.  The boss had 
>> tried
>> to back it on the deck.  A couple of the other truck drivers had tried.
> The
>> loader operator, also a driver, had tried.  When I got there they were
>> standing around it trying to figure out how to drag it out of the way.  I
>> asked them what was wrong.  They told me the transmission was shot in my
>> truck and it wouldn't go in reverse. (boss was looking at me like I must
>> have broken it).
>> I just grinned at them, got in the truck and backed it on the deck like
>> nothing was wrong while they were cussing, stomping their hats, etc. 
>> Like
> I
>> said before, job security!
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "warrensmith" <warrensmith at palmettobuilders.net>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:17 AM
>> Subject: [AT] OT--Where's reverse on an MGB??
>>
>>
>> > Reverse on an MGB is down and to the left. Sometimes its hard to get. I
>> > habitually rev the engine slightly in neutral, clutch depressed, slide
> the
>> > shifter up into first, then slide it down and to the left into reverse.
>> >
>> > Going from first to reverse is a lot easier for some reason. I guess it
>> > has to do with the synchronizers.
>> >
>> > Good luck,
>> > Warren
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