Question for the old timers

You've never used your jake to pick up a gear fast on a hill?

 

I was lucky when I first started. I had friends and relatives to ask question of. I had to grow some pretty thick skin because the advice was always prefaced with insults but that's just the way things were in those days. LOL...if you talked to a rookie that way now he'd probably file a suit against you for hurting his feelings..
A lot of stuff a guy just picks up by watching, and by listening, and by trial and error. Sometimes a lot of error. I never learned anything while I was talking.

 

No, in regard to rounding the pattern, it really doesn't matter whether or not you use the clutch. When you get it stuck in a gear it is actually the linkage inside the cover of the brownie that gets bound up.

I can see it in my mind, but probably can't put it into words.

 

Maybe you'll never need to do it .

 

It was a different era for sure. At least you are intrigued and curious about it. That means a lot!

 

Really more of a case of wear in the shifting linkage. I never drove a new one but some were more prone than others.