Reverse gearbox grinder: 2500M

[Renaldo]

Guys, occasionally, when I shift into reverse (while stopped of course), and with the clutch fully depressed, I get a bit of grinding/graunching.

Is this likely just a normal bit of gearbox noise? Quiet in all the other gears.

Wonder if I might just be a bit low on gearbox juice? Hydraulics perhaps?

Any suggestions or ideas (like "stop worrying")?

Ron

[Renaldo]

Great suggestions. Thanks boys...

Ron

[Renaldo]

I flushed out my clutch hydraulics 2 years ago, but I should probably check the stuff for water absorption.

Got one of those neat little testers for it, which I'm dying to try.

Car does too much sitting with our wonderful Winnipeg climate (polar vortexes and so on), so it probably needs changing.

By the way for those who may think we don't get nice weather, got to 27 C today. How come I'm not driving?

Ron

[Renaldo]

Andrew, that tidying should only take a week or two. By then, of course, it'll be snowing.

Ron

[Renaldo]

B, the pain of seeing that and knowing that I won't be the one buying it, is beyond description.

Ron

[Renaldo]

Pieces of art, really.

I'd frame that, rather than use it...

(Who needs Picasso?)

Ron

[Renaldo]

Tried "rebuilding" (new seals primarily) a clutch master cylinder in an MG Midget -- I had assumed the cylinder itself was ok.

The rebuild lasted about a month. Turns out the master cylinder was pitted inside from moisture and corrosion.

A lesson learned.

Ron

[Renaldo]

D, ended up installing a new master.

A friend of mine who is much more mechanical than I am, told me he never uses a rebuild kit on its own.

According to him, the cylinder is typically in a bad way, and a rebuild kit by itself is often just a waste.

I imagine he's probably right.

Ron

[Renaldo]

Andrew, and what weather might than be? (he asked from behind a 6 foot snow drift)

I'm lying. I actually have a garden -- snow peas. Better eat 'em quick.

Ron