Looking for opinions, I just recently purchased a 93 LX 95% stock with 78k original miles. Within the last week I had noticed a slight grinding shifting into 2nd gear upon cold start up, I would shift 2nd gear slowly when cold and by the time the car was up to operating temperature I could shift normally into 2nd again. All other gears shift perfectly fine and smooth. On Friday I drove the car about 40 miles and when downshifting about 25 minutes into the ride to merge onto another highway the trans grinded going into 2nd (even with a rev on the downshift). After this the car grinded into 2nd until I got to my destination and I ended up just skipping 1st-3rd the rest of the way. The next day I adjusted the clutch as it engaged really close to the floor in hopes that would solve the 2nd gear issue, unfortunately it did not and I am guessing I need to replace the 2nd gear synchro.
There is a guy that appears to specialize in mustang parts in my area that has a freshly rebuilt T5 including bellhousing for $400. While I have never torn into a transmission before specifically I am pretty confident in my mechanical abilities that I could get the job done, my thought however is that if I am tearing it apart it seems almost foolish to not do a full rebuild which will end up costing almost 3/4 of what this already rebuilt trans will. Should I spring for the rebuilt tranny and rebuild my current one down the road to keep and/or sell or just fix the 2nd gear issue and not worry about a full rebuild?
There is a guy that appears to specialize in mustang parts in my area that has a freshly rebuilt T5 including bellhousing for $400. While I have never torn into a transmission before specifically I am pretty confident in my mechanical abilities that I could get the job done, my thought however is that if I am tearing it apart it seems almost foolish to not do a full rebuild which will end up costing almost 3/4 of what this already rebuilt trans will. Should I spring for the rebuilt tranny and rebuild my current one down the road to keep and/or sell or just fix the 2nd gear issue and not worry about a full rebuild?