[Wheels of steel]

HI , doe's this apply to alfetta gearbox too?

 

[Alfar7]

absolutely.

 

[Wheels of steel]

interesting ,
i mounted on my alfetta an alfa 75 1.6 gearbox.
Mutch better than alfetta gt '74 gearbox , but only the first gear is hard to engauge , not grinding but hard

 

[Gubi]

On the 75/Milano 5-speed, first gear is synchronized from neutral, unlike the 105 & 115 cars. But it's got this extra spring in there (parts 34-36 in the diagram) to damp engagement for some reason. On my Milano it never seemed to work very well.

I don't know if the original Alfetta gearbox is the same, but if yours is from a 75/Milano then it has these extra parts and isn't like the 105/115 gearboxes.

 

[Alfar7]

Regardless of the spring mod changing it to a 2-5 syncro assembly (has to be from a transaxle as syncro design is larger on the inside diameter) results in a far better shifter. Why did they not just do that from the start, and not waste $$ with a different junk design?

 

[Gubi]

I've wondered that myself. The Milano setup is pretty gimmicky, and it seems like all you'd need to do is get another of the long #21 pieces and install that instead.

Alfa was just weird about first gear on all these cars for some reason.

 

[Jim G]

Probably because thats how Porsche did it.

 

[Alfar7]

Maybe, but Porsche design engineers were not Italian. Never had problems with my 3 911s shifting from neutral to 1st???

 

[Patillack1961]

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  I just found one gear box like mine for really good price, so I will use for spares and I will do the 1st gear fix in the best combination.

I know it's an older thread, but I am rebuilding my '78 spider gearbox and need parts for a first gear fix and a second gear freshening as the synchro ring has a groove worn into it and the dog gear is missing three teeth. thanks, Patrick 928-288-0457 or [email protected]

 

[Harmonster]

I know it's an older thread, but I am rebuilding my '78 spider gearbox and need parts for a first gear fix and a second gear freshening as the synchro ring has a groove worn into it and the dog gear is missing three teeth. thanks, Patrick 928-288-0457 or [email protected]

Alfa Parts Exchange - Used Alfa Romeo Parts for the 1st gear fix. I bought the synrcos from Classic Alfa.

 

[bianchi2]

at some point in the very near future.. were are you going to get new parts for this 60 plus year old gearbox?