Need help!

mrfuzzynuggets · Post by **mrfuzzynuggets** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:13 am

personaly i would flush it for the simple fact that you have no idea what fluid the last owner put in the car. synthetic or not, cheap or whatever. every car i have ever owned has been flushed and cleaned a couple of times before i start my regular oil,tranny fluid changes.

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:09 am

A proper drain and refill will take care of nearly all the old fluid in the manual transmission. If you're really concerned about it, change the fluid more frequently. All you're going to do when you "flush" the old transmission fluid is waste good MTF.

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:59 am

I would check your slave and master cylinders for your clutch while you're in the engine bay. Pop the rubber boot off of the clutch fork/slave cylinder on the front of the trans and have someone engage the clutch a few times. Check for how much movement you have.

Simon91 · Post by **Simon91** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:09 pm

i changed the fluid last night and it did help but it didnt fix the problem. a tech from my work says that its probably the syncros. but i will check the slave and master cylinders today too.

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:18 pm

5thgen;285173 wrote:I would check your slave and master cylinders for your clutch while you're in the engine bay. Pop the rubber boot off of the clutch fork/slave cylinder on the front of the trans and have someone engage the clutch a few times. Check for how much movement you have.

Cable clutch.

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:21 pm

Waffles;285208 wrote:Cable clutch.

doh. Yeah that.

Simon91 · Post by **Simon91** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:01 pm

checkd the clutch cable last night at work while changing the fluid and everything is good on that.

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:09 pm

how much does the fork move when engaged/disengaged?

Simon91 · Post by **Simon91** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:34 am

Ok so my my buddy Andy (honduhej1) just hooked me up with a new to me tranny from one of his friends for real cheap so I'll be doing that next week. Thanks everyone though for all your input.