Big trouble...

[CivicEater]

Help me.....I was taking a friend out last night. Hit first and second went for third and hit the middle section in between first and third (bad shift but not really bad) Nothing that I would have thought twice about. NO noise, or thud. All of asudden when I slowed down and tried to gentle it into third it wont go into any gear. I shutdown and pulled over. I got a slight burning smell for mabye 5 seconds. no smoke that I could see but it was dark. When the car is off I can put it in any gear EASY..too easy feels loose, but as soon as I start the car I have to use both hands and ram it into every gear. Every gear still works (well I havent tried 5th) but it makes a throwout bearing gone bad type noise whenevr it is in a gear. I dont think it is the actual bearing becuase it doesnt have anything to do with the clutch being depressed or not. The clutch and bearing are only like 5k. The clutch still feels stiff and the noise it makes in gear is awful and you can feel something is wrong. What am I looking at.....please be nice parts wise I am rolling with like 49 bucks It feels so bad I wont drive it...about to egt it towed but I want an idea of what they might sell me....dont want to get swindled into a whoel new tranny and take out a 2k loan.
Thanks

 

[CivicEater]

Also there is no grinding at all in any gear......

 

[wytstang]

Maybe the shift fork is damaged. Only way to really tell is open her up.

 

[CivicEater]

guess first step is to sell my tv....

 

[wytstang]

View attachment 522103 Sorry but that was funny.

 

[HazMat404]

if its the clutch fork, thats a simple fix. shouldnt cost more than $20-$30 for a new one and you can do it yourself or ask a friend that knows how. would probably take me 20 min to pull out my old one and put in a new one....thats only if its the clutch fork tho

 

[EpiKk3]

open it up and see how everythings lookin, id say check that clutch fork

 

[mo_dingo]

open it up and see how everythings lookin, id say check that clutch fork

Sounds like wishful thinking. I do agree that the shift forks could be bent, and that could be the extent of the damage. But if it's worse, you need to be prepared.

Don't drive the car, first of all. All you will be doing is making it more likely for further damage to occur. Second, buy a completely rebuild kit. Also, even if the kit has the shift forks in it, get another set. That way, if it's just the forks, then you use the ones you bought seperately, and you can return the rebuild kit & get your money back. But, if you have to rebuild the transmission, you will have the rebuild kit, and you can do it on the spot.

If you don't have anyone that knows about transmissions, you will need to buy the rebuild video. It will tell you everything you need to know, including how to replace the shift forks.

The only reason I am skeptical is that my friends 92LX wouldn't go into 4th gear. Every other gear would work fine. He assumed the shift forks were the problem. Once it was removed, they found the syncro for 4th gear at the bottom of the transmission. The shift forks were not broken, but needed replacing.

JMO on the matter.
Scott

 

[mstangfrk95GTS!]

i hafta agree that it sounds like the fork or maybe your cable is messed up.

 

[xr8d302]

i hafta agree that it sounds like the fork or maybe your cable is messed up.

you have too many cars.

 

[yellow1995Cobra]

Drop the tranny yourself(very easy). Open it up, see if you can figure out whats wrong, if not bring just the tranny to a reputable shop. Atleast you wont have to pay for labor of dropping the tranny and putting it back in.

 

[CivicEater]

I would drop it myself but I only have jackstands and I just spent the last two weeks in the garage messing with the engine trying to get it to run right so I am too frusterated right now and probably will do more harm than good. I have a guy pulling it now who is a friend and I am supposed to help him today to save some money and he is an old guy like mabye 75-80 and he keeps going "its your 1-2 syncro" but I dont think he knows whats going on. Its kinda scary cuz he is the only guy I can afford......I can tell you know I think you guys were on point with the fork but this guys keeps talking syncros when every gear works and no gears grind....I dont know .... Anyone know of a quality-cheap rebuild kit online? Thanks