Problem with 3rd gear with 5sp ?!?
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Problem with 3rd gear with 5sp ?!?
When the car is loaded, the dam thing goes to neutral instead of 3rd 50% of the time. You can't bang it home like 4th, really need to baby it and double clutch.
It was doing that last year so I changed slave cynlinder, 949 clutch line to get rid of the curly, changed engine mounts (comp), diff bushings and finally changed the tranny and put bronze bushing. I also adjusted the clutch pedal after reading Andrew post about ACT HD clutch and his advice, it helps but it did't solve it entirely.
Tried Amsoil and now Lucas Oil and it's still acting weird..
Any advices, cheats and ideas ?
thx guys !
It was doing that last year so I changed slave cynlinder, 949 clutch line to get rid of the curly, changed engine mounts (comp), diff bushings and finally changed the tranny and put bronze bushing. I also adjusted the clutch pedal after reading Andrew post about ACT HD clutch and his advice, it helps but it did't solve it entirely.
Tried Amsoil and now Lucas Oil and it's still acting weird..
Any advices, cheats and ideas ?
thx guys !
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If the problem is ameliorated by double-clutching and rev-matching, what makes everyone think that engine mounts or shifter bushings are at fault? Sounds like the synchro is just toast. It happens.
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Assuming the oil has been seen to, this almost always means either a bad synchro or the clutch not releasing fully. And since it's only happening in 3rd, I assume it's not the clutch.
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Changed the shifter and the bronze bushing from CX I think, new transmission plastics we're in better shape then the one it replaced but it does the same at the end of the day.
Oil is new, not overfill, it doesn't come out I(sorry if I explained it wrong). Maybe I could try the flat shift on my MS3...
YEah I saw your posts about it while searching, that's why I found a very low millage one from a partout and it's doing the same... BTW thx for the ACT HD and clutch adjustment, it's better but aint perfect yet...
I read the OP as meaning that it was difficult to get the shifter into 3rd gear unless he rev-matched it just right, not that it was popping out of gear.
Assuming the oil has been seen to, this almost always means either a bad synchro or the clutch not releasing fully. And since it's only happening in 3rd, I assume it's not the clutch.
Assuming the oil has been seen to, this almost always means either a bad synchro or the clutch not releasing fully. And since it's only happening in 3rd, I assume it's not the clutch.
YEah I saw your posts about it while searching, that's why I found a very low millage one from a partout and it's doing the same... BTW thx for the ACT HD and clutch adjustment, it's better but aint perfect yet...
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but it came up when I did a search. I had first pop out of gear today when I started my car and moved it across the street into my garage. It's never happened before and it kinda freaked me out.
Is this something that worn shifter bushings etc can cause or is it usually a sign of worn synchro's/forks etc. I'm not going to worry about it till it's something that happens more frequently, but I was curious. It's also first, which is a gear that I can likely live without given the fact that I have a 4.3 and a setup that's going to be boosted.
Is this something that worn shifter bushings etc can cause or is it usually a sign of worn synchro's/forks etc. I'm not going to worry about it till it's something that happens more frequently, but I was curious. It's also first, which is a gear that I can likely live without given the fact that I have a 4.3 and a setup that's going to be boosted.
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