Re: [alfa] Spider pops out of reverse

[Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once, my parents were listening to air traffic controllers over a 
shortwave radio. A plane took off, spewing smoke, and the ATC pointed 
it out to them (understandably worried). The response? "it's normal for 
this plane"

same supposedly goes for the spiders. Before my new clutch, never 
happened. Now I can't take my hand off the shifter. My mechanic said 
it's normal once they reach a certain point, so a rebuild is the only 
way to fix it. At the moment I trust him with my life, so I have no 
reason to doubt him about this.

-Ben
'78 Spider (current question - is it normal to spin when you go around 
turns too fast? just kidding)

On Fri, 21 May 2004 22:11:41 -0700, Andrew McDonald mentioned the 
following:
> I just replaced the flex disc on my 74 Spider. I had no problems with
> reverse before this, but now, when I reverse up the hill out of my driveway
> (I live in San Francisco), the gearbox pops out of reverse. This only
> happens when I have my foot completely off the clutch. I have to slip the
> clutch a little and it stays in gear.
> 
> Weird. Related to the flex disc change, or is that just unmasking some other
> problem that was there all along. 
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