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       #Post#: 100113--------------------------------------------------
       temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: Gozo_Joseph Date: December 10, 2015, 11:58 am
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       oh well while driving home from school today in fairly cold
       weather (for us :) )
       i went out of 3rd and then tried to insert 4th but nothing
       happened. back in 3rd and nothing. when i stopped and tried
       selecting other gears it sort of came back to normal no teeth
       crunching and with good clutch. i suspect that one of the detent
       springs on the syncro hub for the 3rd/4th must have gotten loose
       and slid out of place? i dont think selector shaft got out of
       the selector forks ?
       i am in no mood of opening gearbox any time soon.
       joe
       #Post#: 100123--------------------------------------------------
       Re: temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: magnetman Date: December 11, 2015, 9:26 am
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       Hi Joe, I had the same thing on my series 3 but in 1st and
       second, it turned out to be the big rubber O ring on the end of
       the selector shaft...
       an easy fix, once you take out the floor and gearbox tunnel to
       get to it!
       will try to attach pic of faulty bit....
       sorry Joe; cant attach
       #Post#: 100124--------------------------------------------------
       Re: temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: hippydave Date: December 11, 2015, 9:57 am
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       if you want to use pics the easiest way is to use photobucket
       and copy and paste the img code of the pic you want to use.
       #Post#: 100204--------------------------------------------------
       Re: temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: Gozo_Joseph Date: December 22, 2015, 10:24 pm
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       i was thinking of broken detent springs. so i will try have a
       look at it..
       are you saying the rubber ring came off in a way that locked the
       forks? i think i cold go in all other gears that day
       joseph
       #Post#: 100217--------------------------------------------------
       Re: temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: dave88sw Date: December 24, 2015, 4:33 pm
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       when my detent springs came out, i could not move the gear stick
       into 3rd or 4th position, it was absolutely solid, but i imagine
       thats because the piece got jammed against the fork until it
       fell out.  It certainly sounds like yours has done a similar
       thing.
       #Post#: 100233--------------------------------------------------
       Re: temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: Redwinch Date: December 26, 2015, 11:02 am
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       Had that problem with a LWB 2A in the 1980's, turned out to be
       the mainshaft had snapped, hope this isn't your problem
       #Post#: 100365--------------------------------------------------
       Re: temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: Gozo_Joseph Date: January 5, 2016, 11:30 am
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       hi i really hope it is not mainshaft :)
       i still have to drain oil to see. the drive is somehow normal
       usual clunks etc...sigh...
       joe
       #Post#: 100399--------------------------------------------------
       Re: temporarily lost 3rd and 4th speed.. 
       By: samc88 Date: January 7, 2016, 5:03 pm
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       If it is I may have a spare knocking around depending on suffix
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