(Missed the edit deadline for the last post)
Posted previously above, then removed while I verified the info. See video and info at the end for more info:
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If you have a pro-shifted/faceplated trans, you can use the rev limiter as a "power interrupter" of sorts which enables clutchless shifting. When the engine hits the limiter, power is reduced and the trans will nearly automatically engage the next gear (the driver pre-loads the shifter towards the next gear immediately after each shift). When you heard that popping just before each shift--that was the rev limiter.
Otherwise, you just barely use the clutch to release the load from the trans at the shift point and just as with using the limiter, the trans will essentially pull itself into the next gear.
Very cool stuff, and I came within a <span style="font-style: italic">whisker</span> of going that exact route after this failure, but ultimately wound up taking a slightly different direction.
As it is, a near-perfect solution to my transmission issue pretty much fell into my lap by sheer happenstance. It was one of those "right place at the right time" scenarios.
I promise I'll post up the details as soon as everything's here.
I dropped the Quicktime bellhousing off @ Kammers this afternoon to see if the tweaked trans mounting ear can be put back in place. They seemed relatively confident it could be fixed, I'm to call tomorrow afternoon for the final verdict.
*EDIT*
Check out this video on driving a non-synchro Jerico DR4 on the street. Be sure to read the text below the video for a full explanation.
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