Tunings?

[noob2soob]

i was looking at the distributor looks almost like it has already been advanced? i don't know if it actually was o if thats the stock possitioning, it is completely covered in old oil and dirt so it could be stock,, but i don't see how i could advance it from where it's at now meh...i just put a tach in it though, making it that much more fun to shift, i didn't really need one but it's a convienience to have... I'm pretty sure i found a manual for the engine diagram and all that fun stuff, it's chilton, but at least i found one... and I think I've settled with the fact that it'll never be a 10 second car, so the next thing i'm dumping all my cash into is the look of it lol, I'll have to start posting pics if you guys care to see it

 

Thanks alot for all the info I'm putting all of it to use

[noob2soob]

I also had one more question, it seems like my tranny likes to scratch if i try and down shift and I'm not going the right speed, clutch in and everything but it just scratches and I'm afraid to put it in gear, I know i've got more rpms to wrack up in the gear I'm tryin to downshift to

[noob2soob]

anyone?

[audio_file]

rev-match for the next gear down . . . your 30 year old station wagon wasn't designed for F1 downshifts, but "blipping" the throttle to match the higher rpm's you will experience once it goes into the lower gear will help. change the trans fluid if you haven't already, maybe put some redline in it . . . (?)

General Disorder knows a cool mixture to "refresh" tired manual transmissions too . . .

 

chris

[Frank B]

rev-match for the next gear down . . . your 30 year old station wagon wasn't designed for F1 downshifts, but "blipping" the throttle to match the higher rpm's you will experience once it goes into the lower gear will help. change the trans fluid if you haven't already, maybe put some redline in it . . . (?)

General Disorder knows a cool mixture to "refresh" tired manual transmissions too . . .

 

chris

Or drain the tranny, fill with Auto tranny fluid, drive for 200 miles, drain, replace with gear oil and 1 quart of Rislone(yellow bottle in the additive isle at wal-mart). Works great.

Also, adjust your clutch cable. Theres two nuts on the end, break the two loose from each other, then back them off untill there is slack in the cable, then tighten up the nut untill there is just a touch of slack in the cable, just enough to wiggle the cable. Then lock the nuts together again. Then you'll have to adjust your hill-holder cable to match.

[noob2soob]

Thanks both of you, I'm sure my DL SEDAN (lol) wasn't made for F-1 down shifts but i didn't know if the scratching was screwin it up or what, and i thought maybe somethin had been screwed up before i bought it... i figured it would shift but it wouldn't be good for it....

 

Frank your oil swap thing is just for cleaning right? and would tightening that cable help it not scratch too or would i still have to rev match??

[Gloyale]

I also had one more question, it seems like my tranny likes to scratch if i try and down shift and I'm not going the right speed, clutch in and everything but it just scratches and I'm afraid to put it in gear, I know i've got more rpms to wrack up in the gear I'm tryin to downshift to

 

 

Try raising the RPMs as you shift. Instead of letting off the gas for you're shift like an upshift. Actually give it gas an rev the engine up to about were you think the RPMs will be for the speed you are going.

 

Example.

 

You're driving 45mph in 4th. Engine turning about 3500 rpm. But you need to grab 3rd to pass. 45 MPH in 3rd = about 4500 rpm. So, as you make yuo're shift, bring the engine speed up to 4500 rpm.

 

This will make you're shift smoother, and prevent the car from bucking as you go off throttle to on. Also it makes you're shift more effective cause now you are accelerating the moment you release the clutch.

[Frank B]

The tranny fluid is just for cleaning, the Rislone will clean it up too, but it stays in there for the duration. Sometimes the tranny fluid and/or Rislone, or synthetic oils, just get into the synchros and bearings a bit better and clean them up, or just lubricate them better. Either way, it works. I've done the tranny fluid deal, I've just ran synthetic gear oil, Rislone and gear oil, even synthetic motor oil in manual trannys before and they all gave the same results, smoother shifting.

Just go with changing the gear oil with 80W90 and 1 quart of Rislone to keep it simple for now ( put the rislone in first, then top off with the oil).

 

The clutch may be not fully disengaged, you won't know unless you adjust the cable.