J West - Level 3: 2nd gear selection problems....help! Options

[moggy]

Calling all J West Level 3 kit users.....

I've got the full works kit from J West but no matter how I adjust it 2nd gear is a problem. Basically it goes into all other gears fine, no problem. 2nd gear however has a 60/40 chance of going in and staying in. 60% of the time it'll go in and stay in, whether going up the gears or down the gears. BUT.... 40% of the time it'll seem to go in but it'll pop out straight away. The gearbox is new and built by a very respectable guy, so it aint that. The fact that it goes into 5th and reverse seems to me that the shifter has enough throw forwards. Any ideas???

[Eric_Shea]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) that's the spot but... wouldn't second be on the back 1/2 not the front where your arrows are? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

(thinking, lever forward makes rod go back?)

[rwilner]

Here is a dumb thing to check.
If you have the rubber dust boot installed on the shifter pushed down too far over the shifter base, it will create some significant spring pressure to neutral. This was happening to me : at a certain rpm, my car would pop out of 3rd gear. I removed the boot and the problem went away.

Good luck