tranny is acting up out of no where ..

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tranny is acting up out of no where ..

By Godspeed_eg8
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:48 pm #279764 woke up this mornign and igo to work and all of a sudden i cant change gears and i foreced it into 1st gear at a stop and after like a long min of playing with it i finally got it in ( haha ) and it was the same for everyother gear.. but heres the other part when i put it in reverse all you hear is grinding until its in but just even putting it close to reverse its strts to grind what could be happening ?!
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By Fada Blayne
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:14 pm #279772 u check ur reservoir? you might be low on fluid. do that and report back
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By poorman type-r
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:38 pm #279773 Do not drive your car if you are low on fluid. I broke fifth gear in a b16 by forcing it into 5th and keeping it in gear when it wanted to pop out.

By Godspeed_eg8
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:47 pm #279774
Fada Blayne wrote:u check ur reservoir? you might be low on fluid. do that and report back


if your talking about the bolt that you can drain out the fluid , then i did check that and its leaking abit but i undid it and its got fluid in it
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By Fada Blayne
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:07 pm #279776 check the reservoir by the brake fluid

By Godspeed_eg8
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:19 am #279784 Yup I did and it was low so I topped it oFf after I bled it and I also checked is the slave cylinder and there was fluid in the boot so I'm guessing it leaking from the seals do you think it could be that ?

By Godspeed_eg8
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:36 pm #279989 ok so i replaced it but now its a bit better and its better in 3rd , 4th and 5th but 1st and 2nd and reverse is shit kaka i took it to a local shop and they told me it could be the linkage or the master cylinder and he said if that wasnt the problem maybe if i put something to put the slave cylinder pin a bit more that could also help .. any idea guys ?
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By Eg6H2D
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:06 am #281715
Godspeed_eg8 wrote:ok so i replaced it but now its a bit better and its better in 3rd , 4th and 5th but 1st and 2nd and reverse is shit kaka i took it to a local shop and they told me it could be the linkage or the master cylinder and he said if that wasnt the problem maybe if i put something to put the slave cylinder pin a bit more that could also help .. any idea guys ?


If your slave pin isnt being pusshed out far enough as it should. then your line does not have enough pressure and u need to repolace your CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER.. :thumb:
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