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Originally Posted by Ford Man
In my own experience the best way to teach someone how to drive a stick is just as has been said before toss them the keys ....
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Although I had
operated standard transmission vehicles before, I didn't really learn how to
drive one until I got a '62 IH Scout. For the first two years, despite replacing almost every part in the system, we couldn't get the clutch to completely release. By the time we figured out how to modify the clutch fork to get the clutch to release properly, I had learned how to drive the truck without using the clutch at all. Low range was so low I could pop the transmission in and out of gear before the engine could take up the slop in the drivetrain.
I would shift the transfer case into low range when I stopped at a light. When the light turned green, I would pop it into 1'st and hit the gas for less than a second, shift into 2'nd and back on the gas for about 1 1/2 seconds, then shift into 3'rd. When I got to the other side of the intersection, I would throw the transmission into neutral, wrestle the transfer case into high range, drop it back into 2'nd, and drive merrily on my way
I eventually got to the point I could pull the transmission, change the syncros, and reinstall the transmission, by myself on a gravel driveway, in less than 4 hours.
The only gauge on the dash (speedo) didn't work, so I had to "drive by ear" until I put a cheap digital tach from radio shack in it.