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Transmission issues, trouble finding first and reverse |
Alapone |
Aug 8 2014, 07:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 4-April 13 From: Nj Member No.: 15,734 Region Association: None |
Hello all,
I have been having difficulty finding first and reverse intermittently on my past few drives. Let me start at the beginning, I bought the car 2 years ago without being able to put it into 4th or 5th gear. Being new to this and really just wanting to get the car on the road, I drove it promptly (and screaming in 3rd) to a mechanic who specialized primarily in older british and newer german/Japanese stuff. He told me I needed to repair the linkage. He did that and the thing shifted like a (914) dream for the next year and change. Four months ago I noticed new (and pretty significant) play in the linkage. I thought it was the mechanic's work coming undone though it seemed pretty soon. I drove it like that for another 3 months because there was no real problem hitting all the gears, it just felt a little sloppy. Two weeks ago after a decent hour and half drive at hwy speeds with no problems and returning home to stop and go traffic, I wasn't able to put the car in first gear. If I double clutched it would slip in with a little bit of protest. Since then it has been spotty acting up at times and other times no problem. Bad synchros? just the linage ? shift tube? worse? I live in the city so I haven't had space to get it up in the air and take a look for myself. Plus Im not well versed enough to take a trans apart and inspect. long winded I know. Any ideas? Thanks for the help |
stugray |
Aug 8 2014, 08:04 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,824 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
Sounds similar to my experience years ago.
My firewall bushing was wearing out, so I ordered new bushings from AA and replaced all of them. Within ~2 months, the AA bushings wore out so badly, that I put the 20 year old original, cracked, bushings back in with some JB weld to hold them together, and they worked BETTER than the crappy aftermarket bushings. SO dont use the cheap aftermarket bushings (AA) and get the bronze bushings if possible, and the tangerine racing (or patrick motorsports) firewall bushings. |
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