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Re: [T3] slip in gear?


On 29 May 2004, at 11:30, Kevin Guarnotta wrote:

> The other day when parked on a hill I left the car in second gear-and
> it did not want to prevent the car from rolling back down the hill.
> What does this mean? Is my transmission going bad, or mal-adjusted
> clutch?

It means the hill was too steep. There's not enough engine braking 
from our small engines for this to be a reliable means of holding our 
cars on hills.

-
Jim Adney
Madison, WI USA

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