[ROVERNET - UK] BW 35 shifts like a tr8uck

[LANCE G LACERTE, LANCE G LA CERTE]

Hi All,

Would appreciate any words of wisdom about my transmission.  Recently 
rebuilt Rover V8 Entine and Borg Warner 35, three speed tranny.  Mated them 
back together easily, engine runs like a dream.  I have fiddled with the new 
downshift cable/accelerator linkage, but the transmission just 'clunks' 
going in and out of gear.  Some specifics: It clunks particularly hard when 
I'm putting it into reverse.  When in drive, it shifts 'hard' and what I've 
noticed is that if I accelerate smoothly and keep the revs below about 2000, 
then take my foot of the gas, I can get it to go into 2nd and 3rd very 
smoothly, but even coming to a stop as it is down shifting, it still clunks.

The only part of the car that I haven't rebuilt is the rear-end 
(differential).  Don't know if that could be any part of the culprit.  The 
transmission was built 2 years ago, one year before the engine rebuild and 
seemed to shift smoothly. I keep checking the ATF fluid level to make sure 
that it is not low.

Any help would be appreciated.

Lance La Certe, Denver.