pyro926 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 On my way home from work this morning my car got stuck in 3rd gear. After pulling it quite hard OUT of 3rd, it no longer wants to go into 3rd. I can feel it go to the right position, but when i let the clutch out it just grinds and pops it back out. All other gears work fine and there are no nasty noises other that when I try to force 3rd to work....... Any ideas? Is there any way to check the condition of the tranny w/out pulling it? What am i looking at (time and money) to do a tranny swap? Ive never pulled one of these motors before so not sure what i might be getting myself into. Thanks, Pyro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[HTi]Johnson Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 The swap isn't too hard and a tranny can be had for under $100 if you know where to find one. I'd try some lucas gear oil additive...but it sounds like a synchro or a fork broke or jammed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchsub Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Yea I'd bet money your tranny is toast. You can drive around for awhile without 3rd. I would start looking for a new tranny though. As said ^ they can be had for under 100. I payed 56 for mine from Harry's U pull-it in PA. Low miles on it too. But i got super lucky with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naru Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Get underneath and check for slop in the shift linkage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brat82 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 drain the gear oil and look for bits? lottsa brass is your syncros, also the softest metal in there...I took a sub trans apart, and replaced some stuff,put back together and still didn't have 3rd. It would "feel" like it went in with the cluch, but when you released clutch, it would grind...I could get it into 3rd, with double and triple clutching. I got another for $50 thats in the car now, and 2 others apart :-\, that I'm in no hurry to put back together,right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 It's shot. The problem resulted from a loose linkage - the shift dog doesn't engage far enough when the linkage is loose like that, and eventually shears off. Now that it's gone though, there is no point in fixing it - too expensive and labor intensive. Just replace the tranny. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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