Transmission Going Out?

[MtnMnky]

Potentially on the hunt for a manual transmission near the Richmond, Virginia
area. Currently believe the one I have is on it's way out. Both 1st and
2nd gear sounds like I threw a handful of rocks into a blender and
turned it on high also highly difficult to shift into either gear either shifting up or down). 3rd gear still has a little of that noise and then
4th and 5th have none.If my thought process is headed in the wrong
direction I'm very open to being pointed in the correct direction. Also
there's a severe lack of power (almost 4,000 rpms just to go 11 mph in 1st gear) just in the overall picture as opposed to
what there was before.

 

Info about the car:

Bought it at 183,444. At the time it was barely running. Limped it
home. To find that the rear passenger brake caliper had seized itself to
the brake pad and that was seized up to the rotor. As well as the
clutch itself was slipping.

Took a little while to do the work. But replaced both rear calipers,
brake pads and rotors. Drivers side cv axle boot was torn on the inner
part of the shaft (connecting to the transmission), flywheel, new clutch
plate, throw out bearing, and bearing that is in the flywheel.

Recently have replaced the passenger cv axle. And the driver side caliper and rotor.

 

And current mileage is just under 193K.

 

Also is there any difference between the 2.2L transmission and the 2.5L transmission in way of them being interchangeable?

 

Thank you to all that help and give advice.

[1 Lucky Texan]

LKQ or car-part.com could be sources for a trans. Craigslist may have someone 'parting-out' a car.

 

MUST be the same final drive ratio as current trans.

[MtnMnky]

Without opening up the transmission. How does one determine what the drive ratio is? And forgive me for not knowing. But what is LKQ?

[1 Lucky Texan]

used parts; https://www.lkqonline.com/

 

parts suppliers should be able to use the info (model/VIN number) on the car to make certain you get a compatible part.

 

if you go off on your own, buying from an idividual, finding different models/years of manufacture on Craigslist, or maybe parts on ebay, etc. make certain you know which transmissions will swap into your car.

 

I may not know without a search, but if you post details about your car, someone here may be able to tell you how to confirm FD ratio.

Edited December 5, 2016 by 1 Lucky Texan

[Fairtax4me]

Sounds like you blew up axle joint. Check all 4 axles. 

 

The manual transmission splits power to the front and rear outputs evenly across the center diff. If an axle breaks, the center diff will spin partially free until the viscous coupler gets warmed up, so it will take more time to get moving as all the power goes to the broken axle.