5 Comments on “1959 Wagon Collettsville, NC $4500”

1. Dan B. November 7, 2012 at 10:38 am

   Hmmm… Popping out of 3rd gear is far less common than popping out of 2nd. Same cause or different?
2. deilers Post authorNovember 7, 2012 at 11:58 am

   The ‘popping out’ can come from worn parts (thrust washer, synchros, gear) or from a problem with the shift fork assembly. I’d imagine those same problems could cause the 3rd gear pop out, too.
3. Dan B. November 7, 2012 at 12:10 pm

   Thanks! The engineer in me always wondered about this. So is the reason 2nd gear normally wears first is that in everyday driving, one uses 2nd or shifts through it (up or down) the most of the three forward gears?
4. deilers Post authorNovember 7, 2012 at 3:39 pm

   I just found this good write up by Novak, which says that in most cases the cause of the popping is a worn bushing, which leads to 2nd gear tilt. http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge/t90_rebuild.htm

   It’s been too long since I’ve rebuilt a T-90. I’d have to look closely at a schematic to puzzle together the machinations involved in terms of how second gear functions the same or differently than first and third.
5. Steve E. November 7, 2012 at 10:19 pm

   Nice looking Willys Wagon at a decent price.

   I’ve experienced almost half of the T-90’s I’ve driven pop out of second gear. I’ve never experienced or even heard of a T-90 pop out of 3rd gear. I’d like to know what would cause that, too. I wonder if it was a bad rebuild? Or, maybe he meant 2nd gear, but said 3rd gear.

   For that price, a T-90 is not hard to rebuild. If you have the ability to drop the transmission, you have the ability to rebuilt one. (If you have a few special tools and patience.) A mechanic told me to always replace 2nd gear when rebuilding a T90. So, I do. And I keep one on the shelf just for such urgencies.

   **Steve E.**