S.O.S. 833 pops out of 3rd without load.

Stewart Way · 05-01-2011, 03:00 PM

Glad you solved the problem. Wanted to share this 833 4speed story but not until your problem was solved.
Had a 4speed 68 dart that worked fine, then it started not going into 2nd above 4000. Normal cruising it was fine. I pulled it and looked it over and couldn't see anything. Put it back in the car with no change. Pulled it again, this tore it all the way down, found nothing, put it together and back in and still didn't work. This was 40+ years ago when I thought you could get lucky and just by taking it apart and putting it back magic would fix it. I've lost that belief. Tore it apart again and just happened to pull on the brass syncro ring and it spread. It was split thru in one spot and above 4000 it would open up enough not to fit as it should.

05-01-2011, 03:00 PM	#12
Stewart Way Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 476 Likes: 20 Liked 70 Times in 22 Posts	Re: S.O.S. 833 pops out of 3rd without load. Glad you solved the problem. Wanted to share this 833 4speed story but not until your problem was solved. Had a 4speed 68 dart that worked fine, then it started not going into 2nd above 4000. Normal cruising it was fine. I pulled it and looked it over and couldn't see anything. Put it back in the car with no change. Pulled it again, this tore it all the way down, found nothing, put it together and back in and still didn't work. This was 40+ years ago when I thought you could get lucky and just by taking it apart and putting it back magic would fix it. I've lost that belief. Tore it apart again and just happened to pull on the brass syncro ring and it spread. It was split thru in one spot and above 4000 it would open up enough not to fit as it should. __________________ Stewart Way 2424 SS