robert1952:
gingerfold:
The 6-speed constant mesh gearbox was a dream to use if the selectors and the linkage from the gear stick were set up correctly. It was a very small adjustment that was required but it made a world of difference.Thank you for that informative reply. As a teenage passenger I used to watch closely as drivers progressed through the gears on AEC Reliance coaches (East Kent) - I think this was a version of the same 'box, wasn’t it? Robert
On one wild night when I did a bit of part timing for National Express I got my hands on one of those East Kent AEC’s (It was a changeover at Leicester Forest)… 
ye gods, what a machine, it was set up spot on, beautiful gearchange and it went like **** off a shovel