100% normal
you can move the dog fork and the gear undogs, at any time. under power it will go BANG, and is not good for dogs
but if you match engine speed to road speed, you are in effect being a human synchro.
did you know , race cars manual stick cars have no syncro's this makes the tranny stronger. and slows shift but they mostly dont shift at all on loop tracks.
but can be shifted just like old school buses and dump trucks , my 1959 dump truck had 15 speeds all crash box. and not one synro in the truck,. not one. and is called a crash box. (due to sound)
so you had to learn to shift and match gear speeds, this magic is called double clutching< sure clutch must be working,......
my Chevy 1961 broke a 3rd gear synro, once (bad driver, blush, dont ask) and i had to double clutch all 2>3 or 4>3 shifts. matching the gears, each time.
and one more example, a stuck clutch, my VW , 1970, (i have 68 now)
the clutch was stuck. solid, sure snapped cable. top reason
so push start car in 1st.(better is 2nd)
then match rpm of engine to axle rpm (can be done real smooth)
and shift it very carefully at the right rpms (using gas a foot to match rpm and then move lever) bam 2nd gear
can get you home, from from home. take back roads.
done this like 3 times now. (more, ... i forgot)
OR?
or park on a hill, start engine, in neutral. (works with dead battery and snapped clutch cable ,double bad, and works) (fails in Kansas)
start car if no start, then gravity start it in gear), coast till going fast. try 2nd (skip first) , now. then shift using engine rpm matching axle rpm. it will go clunk if done right.
in fact , you can gently press shift lever and feel it drop in as you get engine RPM right. takes practice, use a rental car as target,grin.
all kinds of tricks with 5speed. stick. many.
you can move the dog fork and the gear undogs, at any time. under power it will go BANG, and is not good for dogs
but if you match engine speed to road speed, you are in effect being a human synchro.
did you know , race cars manual stick cars have no syncro's this makes the tranny stronger. and slows shift but they mostly dont shift at all on loop tracks.
but can be shifted just like old school buses and dump trucks , my 1959 dump truck had 15 speeds all crash box. and not one synro in the truck,. not one. and is called a crash box. (due to sound)
so you had to learn to shift and match gear speeds, this magic is called double clutching< sure clutch must be working,......
my Chevy 1961 broke a 3rd gear synro, once (bad driver, blush, dont ask) and i had to double clutch all 2>3 or 4>3 shifts. matching the gears, each time.
and one more example, a stuck clutch, my VW , 1970, (i have 68 now)
the clutch was stuck. solid, sure snapped cable. top reason
so push start car in 1st.(better is 2nd)
then match rpm of engine to axle rpm (can be done real smooth)
and shift it very carefully at the right rpms (using gas a foot to match rpm and then move lever) bam 2nd gear
can get you home, from from home. take back roads.
done this like 3 times now. (more, ... i forgot)
OR?
or park on a hill, start engine, in neutral. (works with dead battery and snapped clutch cable ,double bad, and works) (fails in Kansas)
start car if no start, then gravity start it in gear), coast till going fast. try 2nd (skip first) , now. then shift using engine rpm matching axle rpm. it will go clunk if done right.
in fact , you can gently press shift lever and feel it drop in as you get engine RPM right. takes practice, use a rental car as target,grin.
all kinds of tricks with 5speed. stick. many.
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