Lou
I am very glad that things worked out for you, your problem was so out of line with my understanding of how the gearbox works that my mind kept coming back and picking at it.
I had decided that the most likely cause was a stray piece of metal lodged in the shift-plate, which then gave rise to the question "where from"? Given that a missing chunk of metal would normally announce its presence or absence in some loud and usually extremely expensive way.
Now I am even more baffled.
Whilst I readily accept that a mal-adjusted clutch will make shifting a bear, my musing is "why only in 3rd"?
Anyway, I am about to start the rebuild of a pre-1981 gearbox (that has a kick starter) as part of my "back to the future" project for my R65, I do not know this box at all other than it apparently shifted perfectly but howled in 3rd and 4th.
I think I'll begin by budgeting to replace all the bearings :-)
