Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
i wonder,
have these issues been fixed in subsequent models?are today's models still suffering from these complaints?
Most likely same components.
Except maybe the starter issue on the earlier days and the uber soft spring.

The reverse gear is because of its design daw, something about the syncmesh. Didnt bother to check thoroughly as you can get away with it by using the above workaround.

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