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mercury
07-10-2004, 02:52 PM
a while ago the transmission decided to die.
now the thing sis it almost happened overnight. as the next day i lost 2 gears just getting out of garage. drove it a few times and 3rd gear came back and dissapeared again.
i had it looked and the guy said burnt clutches + worn bands and some master cyclinder thing.

the few times i drove the car, went well but twice i lost everything, but after some playing the 2 gears i had left came back.

2 days ago , i drove the car again, and it changed into all gears correctly for like 5 mins and then bang 2 gears only

now can someone tell me whats wrong?

Bain
07-10-2004, 03:04 PM
a while ago the transmission decided to die.
now the thing sis it almost happened overnight. as the next day i lost 2 gears just getting out of garage. drove it a few times and 3rd gear came back and dissapeared again.
i had it looked and the guy said burnt clutches + worn bands and some master cyclinder thing.

the few times i drove the car, went well but twice i lost everything, but after some playing the 2 gears i had left came back.

2 days ago , i drove the car again, and it changed into all gears correctly for like 5 mins and then bang 2 gears only

now can someone tell me whats wrong?
auto clutch worn + heat = missing gears..

AussieFella
07-10-2004, 05:09 PM
Yeah i agree with Bain, maybe you need a new torque converter.

mercury
07-10-2004, 09:48 PM
how do i know it's overheating?

so does that mean i dont need to change gearbox?

Bain
08-10-2004, 07:24 AM
how do i know it's overheating?

so does that mean i dont need to change gearbox?
Im not saying its overheating.. Im saying that when a gearbox warms up (as all do) your clutch doesnt have enough grip to hold the gear when changing.. hence no gear..

I could be totally wrong though.

mercury
08-10-2004, 09:35 AM
that does sound about right.

Phonic
08-10-2004, 12:08 PM
Im not saying its overheating.. Im saying that when a gearbox warms up (as all do) your clutch doesnt have enough grip to hold the gear when changing.. hence no gear..

I could be totally wrong though.

Thats what I have been told also, and as the clutch packs wearout they need less and less heat to start slipping, and soon they can no longer hold on to higher gears :confused:

Gav
08-10-2004, 09:42 PM
Or they can go totally the other way... Mine needs heat to change smoothly.