In message <3.0.32.19981012153140.0069b394@antarctica.earth.nwu.edu>you write:
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>Hello folks,
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>Incident #1: At one point the transmission got "stuck" in second gear. I
>literally could not move the stick out of 2nd. I came to a stop and let the
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>Incident #2: Sitting at a red light, gearbox in neutral, it would not go
>into any gear. It was as if the clutch were not doing its job and allowing
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>Other finickiness (this is the only thing that happens fairly
>consistently): When coming to a stop, the gearbox is often reluctant to go
>into first. Once I come to a full stop, it usually snicks right in. At
>other times I have to be a little more firm with it and give it a good
>shove. At such times I hear a slight crunch, but nothing too bad.
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>I have never done any transmission work on my car so dumb down your
>responses to newbie-level. Thanks!
Hi Eric, the problem might not be your gear box but the clutch hydraulics.
Check the master cylinder, you might be low on fluid and air got into
your system. If that is not the case, you might have to rebuild the
master or slave cylinder.
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>Eric A. Yates * eyates@earth.nwu.edu
>1978 Spitfire 1500 * FM 71614 U
>Chicago, IL USA
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