crash gear box changing gear

[Ken Hughes]

Hi Guys,thanks for the info,practice is the answer by the looks of it.
The ford has a good return spring on the throttle so the revs do drop of quickly.
The clutch etc is all new and adjusted correctly,i think im to heavy on the throttle when doubling the clutch.
A while back a friend went with me to give me some pointers and said that i would be ok with practice ,but sadly he has since passed away,i have driven his Dodge command car on occasion and not had to many problems with it.
I look forward to some videos on the subject,it would be interesting to say the least.

[Lynn Eades]

Kenny, Same gearbox ratios in the Command car as your Ford truck. only the diff ratios are different.
In fact, many of the gearbox internals will inter change.

[Ken Hughes]

yes Lynn, the internals are the same,the late Murray Obens Dodge command car was the one i drove to warbirds at Wanaka,must around 4 years ago with a friend sharing the driving .
Murray said his gear box parts were pretty much Ford.
Yes also gear changes are better once the truck trans has warmed up,i drove it over to work on saturday to fit some new tires to it and noticed it got better as i went.
Thanks for all your imput guys cheers.

[Lynn Eades]

Ken, I never met Murray, but had a couple of phone conversations with him some years back. A gentleman and helpful chap. I wish I'd had the honour of meeting him.

[Ken Hughes]

Yes Lynn,a great loss as a friend and a very active club member,i owe him a lot for the help he gave me over the years.
Most of his collection will be sold at some later date.

[Ganmain Tony]

I must confess to not posting as I was hoping for another (and more embarassing) bit of film of someone doing worse gear changes than your's truly.

Alas it has not eventuated, or in any case, it may not have been humanly possible.

Well done on getting it sorted..

Do you have a picture you could post of your throttle return spring setup?

Bit rude I know, having not helped, then asking for it... but I am from West Island.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Tony

I had some fun this week doing road test on my Pattern 12, with the Go Pro mounted. Been trying to get camera angle right to show clutch, gas, pedal, lever and view of the road.

Now I'm trying to figure how to down load the video to YouTub.

One thing is very certain as a cause of gear crunch, any clutch drag at all. My Pat 12 Chevy had a problem in that the surface of the clutch was sticky and that really screwed the shifts unless you got a perfect match on speeds. With a new really clean clutch it shifts like a dream. Only real crunches are going down from 3rd to 2nd.

Will work on the video.

Cheers Phil