Tranny blown or clutch?

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ep3moschini

I R T3H NO00Bz!
ok so I get a phone call about 45min. ago. . .

its my girl, transmission is done :mfrown: I asked her what happened, really didnt get a good ansure out of her. . . but from the sound of it, its going to need a clutch and possibly some berrings. . .
"what she said after my interorgating her"
She said she got in her car let it warm up like normal. . then she started on her way she said she noticed a slight semi metalic noise when in gear and it was shifting fine, She came to an intersection and plopped it in neutral, after she went to put it back in gear and could not shift out of neutral, finally she got it in gear, she found that could smash it into gear to shift, there is a slight metalic hum while in gear in motion, no abnormal noises out of gear when the car is not in motion, clutch feels normal, bucks alot in first gear. . .

ok guys this is where you all come in. . . what could be the problems and solutions. . .
 
yep, good job for her. just slam it in gear. sounds like the tranny to me.
 
yep, good job for her. just slam it in gear. sounds like the tranny to me.

Dont really need the BS comments right now. . . but she needed to get it home, Im shure you dont live in mass and its about -10 degrees outside right now, not the best weather to be stranded in. . .
 
Im thinking its low on fluid, its been leaking for some time now, and clutch was on its way out too. . . idk I have a new trans lined up but wont have it for 2 weeks :confused: tomorrow im going to go to her house add some fluid jackit up and pop off the inspection cover check the clutch. . . I will take pics of everything so some more determinations can be made before I have it moved to my house
 
joe you're wasting your time. either the tranny is done or the throwout bearing is failing. ive had two mirage trannies with the same symptoms. both high mileage.

ever snap a brand new clutch disk with a 92hp car? i have.
 
joe you're wasting your time. either the tranny is done or the throwout bearing is failing. ive had two mirage trannies with the same symptoms. both high mileage.

ever snap a brand new clutch disk with a 92hp car? i have.

so what should I do just pick up a new transmission?
 
Don't just top it off, drain it and fill it. There's a very strong chance of metal shavings being in there.

the tranny is going to be replaced soon, I just need it to work for 2 more weeks then im doing a swap
 
I snapped a clutch disc in an '84 S10 Blazer something like 13 years ago. It would barely go into first and wouldn't go anywhere else or over 8mph.



When the gears go, the car won't move. If you need it to last two more weeks, $12 is cheap insurance.

well its not going to hurt I have enought honda fluid
 
oh dee de deee i am!

she didnt have to drive it fine, im thinking it was low on fluid and because of the sheer fact it was so cold and it sat all day it might just have jelled up on here and all trannys are hard to shift when there cold. . . who knows I will find out tomorrow
 
Dont really need the BS comments right now. . . but she needed to get it home, Im shure you dont live in mass and its about -10 degrees outside right now, not the best weather to be stranded in. . .
how is that a bs comment. i said "good job for her, slam it in gear". she's fucking stuck in traffic. most girls would just sit there with a finger in there ear. and i answered your question to. so toughen up little soldier and stop being so sensitive.
 
how is that a bs comment. i said "good job for her, slam it in gear". she's fucking stuck in traffic. most girls would just sit there with a finger in there ear. and i answered your question to. so toughen up little soldier and stop being so sensitive.


my mistake, I thought you were being sarcastic. . . :( forgive me
 
my mistake, I thought you were being sarcastic. . . :( forgive me
yes my son, he who asks for forgiveness is immediately forgiven.

haha, you're gonna need a new tranny. if it has had issues for a while, i would slap in a stock clutch while it's all apart.
 
yes my son, he who asks for forgiveness is immediately forgiven.

haha, you're gonna need a new tranny. if it has had issues for a while, i would slap in a stock clutch while it's all apart.

Just picked up a dx trans for 90.00 its cheeper than teh clutch kit and come with a clutch ;) so I will see what happens tomorrow, seems like its shifts fine, just hard to do it. . . I think the clutch just vtec-sploded
 
BRRRRR stay warm in the cold man. Working in the cold sucks, I do not envy you. It was -18 (without windchill) below when I went to work yesterday morning.
 
well I has begun, im going to pull the Si transmission tomorrow. . .Looks like its all F*ucked from the clutch giving out, 3rd gear grinds horribly, 1st barely works. . . I got it on jackstands tonight and will strat in on removing the axles and transmission tomorrow and then plop in the poo poo DX transmission at some point before the end of the week. . . will update constantly so stay tunned - A full write-up will be posted on this after im done the swap

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Required:

(Sorry if I haven't mentioned tool/bolt/socket sizes as I know them exactly!)

Tools
- A good set of sockets from 9mm upto 32mm
- 3/8 or 1/2inch (recomended) drive ratchets
- Socket extensions to get into those hard to reach places
- 1/2inch Breaker bar
- Flat and phillips head scredrivers
- Torque wrench
- Jack stands

Other
- Pickle Fork, to pop the lower balljoints
- Manual Tranmission Fluid (MTF)
- High temp CV joint grease
- Clutch kit
- Pipe (you always fine a use for a pipe)
- Hammer (always need it)
- Input Shaft Bearing (duh!)
- Any other bearings that might need to be changed (check them now cause you don't wanna do this again!)

Now that you have it in the air, you can now begin the removal process.
Here is a picture of the wheels off the car while its int he air, note the ammount of room to work under the car, there is close to 2 feet of clearence, that will give you plenty of room for the transmission to com out the bottom of the car.

Side view
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Front view
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The next step is removal of the drivers side axle, the passenger side axle and the intermidate shaft. Your going to need a 32mm socket for this step to remove the castle nut, then your goingt o need a pickle fork to pop teh lower balljoint's off the spindle. once you finish all this you can now pop the axle out from behind the hub. now befor you go yanking on the shaft to get it out of the transmission, there is a locking ring if you pull on it your more than likely to pop the joint ont he end (not a project for today) get a large flathead screwdriver or a prybar and put it inbetween the transmission case and the axle end, pry it out of the transmission. I will post pictures as soon as I finish that step.

Castle Nut off
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Popped the axle out of the spindle
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Screwdriver behind axle end and next to teh case
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Axle out of transmission
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Axle out of passenger side
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Next step is to remove the Shifter linkage and the Inspection cover

Shift linkage
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Inspection cover
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