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Originally Posted by carbuilder2002
I believe it was more to keep the change linkage free of grit and debris rather than the actual box it's self.
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That's how I understood it too. I thought there was some grease that lubricated the linkage as it passed into the gearbox casing. The spray from the wet race then washed away the grease and the linkage was in danger of seizing. I believe something similar happened to phlegmke. He drove through a deep puddle that flooded a road. It was deep enough to get the carpets wet in the car, and at the same time deep enough to wash away the grease from the linkage. The linkage seized and the car was stuck in third gear. IIRC, he drove it home that way, no problem.