TR6060 reverse issue

StangPhD

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I just swapped my OEM TR6060 shifter for an MGW Gen2. Reverse is difficult to engage now. It grinds and strangely, the speedometer increases even though the car is standing still with the clutch engaged. With the OEM, I would put it in 3rd and then reverse and all was good most of the time. Now, I do the same and it grinds and when it does engage, the car shakes. Does anyone have some insight to this?
 

JeremyH

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Do you have the lockout solenoid wired up? If not it is extremely difficult to get into reverse with the mgw shifters. Here was my solution.



Well decided to trim down the reverse lockout spring to make it a tad easier to get into reverse since I don't have the solenoid wired up. Here is the process.

The solenoid is on the driver/left side towards the back.

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There is a c clip holding in the plunger that needs removed. And then the assembly comes right out.

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The main spring that we need to cut is installed compressed and held in with another small c clip. So I compressed it in the vice and removed the clip to get it apart.

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Then you can remove the spring, this is the guy that makes it hard to push over to reverse when the solenoid is not energized.

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I cut about a coil and a half off and then put it back together in reverse order.

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Boom, all done. Will see how it does now. It was always a little tricky with an aftermarket shifter, this should solve that.
 

svtadam27

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I have a mgw gen 2 with a cut spring in the reverse lockout. I've never had a problem, just gotta lean on it a hair to get it into reverse.


Is it hard to get into all the gears or just reverse?
 

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