CoyoteStarfish
Veteran Member
So I've just about had it, convinced this car is cursed.
I've been having some issues shifting into 3rd gear lately. Like, major ones. It would just grind when I tried. So I've been doing 1-2-4-5 lately. Then, the other day, 4th went out on me. I went and checked the shift bushings and sure enough my bushing is obliterated.
No worries, I try to throw some tubing I had laying around in the bushings spot to tighten up the slop while I wait for some new bushings to arrive. Do a shift cable calibration, and I give it a test shift. Feels great with the engine off! I take it for a test drive...all I have is 1st and 2nd, and SOMETIMES 5th - usually getting stuck. Even shifting the transmission from under the engine bay by the shift tower feels strange and seems to catch on gears.
Between all the bad bushings I've found underneeth, wheel bearing starting to squeak, transaxle slinging oil from the output shafts, eating turbochargers and still no turbo right now, A/C death, horrible interior and exterior conditions I'm seriously considering selling this thing, or pushing it into a lake. Of lava. If I can find one.
If I can get this transmission issue under control I'd love to keep it, but I can't seem to get it to shift properly under any conditions. Ideas?
I've been having some issues shifting into 3rd gear lately. Like, major ones. It would just grind when I tried. So I've been doing 1-2-4-5 lately. Then, the other day, 4th went out on me. I went and checked the shift bushings and sure enough my bushing is obliterated.
No worries, I try to throw some tubing I had laying around in the bushings spot to tighten up the slop while I wait for some new bushings to arrive. Do a shift cable calibration, and I give it a test shift. Feels great with the engine off! I take it for a test drive...all I have is 1st and 2nd, and SOMETIMES 5th - usually getting stuck. Even shifting the transmission from under the engine bay by the shift tower feels strange and seems to catch on gears.
Between all the bad bushings I've found underneeth, wheel bearing starting to squeak, transaxle slinging oil from the output shafts, eating turbochargers and still no turbo right now, A/C death, horrible interior and exterior conditions I'm seriously considering selling this thing, or pushing it into a lake. Of lava. If I can find one.
If I can get this transmission issue under control I'd love to keep it, but I can't seem to get it to shift properly under any conditions. Ideas?