HELP! Transmission grinding... wont go into gear.

[1GDSM2k3]

I bought a talon knowing that it needed work and i got it running today. I'll have the clutch to the floor and it wont go into gear at all. It just grinds as if i wasnt touching the clutch at all. The fluid in my clutch master is pretty dark. I was thinking that i just need to replace the master and slave cylinders. Could that be it? Or could it be a sign of a worse problem?

 

[geovanie]

Im just going though that right now. I changed the clutch kit last week and it's still bad. Now I'm changing the transmission because I was told it was that. It could be the synchros inside the transmission as I was told also that's why I went ahead and got a used tranny instead of rebuilding the old one.

 

[1GDSM2k3]

I got it to go into gear a little while ago. It did grind goin into first and second. I think the slave and master are shot. Its cheaper that a transmission so ill try that first. Unfortuonatly ive got other probs now. My Ecu died. I just changed the caps, but i think they leaked too bad.
Good luck with yours.

 

[Z3r03rr0r]

if your syncros are gone that would probab;y be the problem. If you want to check it out try shifting into one of the other gears and downshift through all the gears until you get to the problem ones if it will shift into the higher gears chances are it is syncros. But it should shift smoother into the lower gears doing it that way as well.

 

[beekbuttons]

I'd suggest trying bleeding the clutch system first, and flush out all of that crappy old fluid. Eliminate the easier stuff first, you know?

 

[jshepherd]

Also try and adjust the clutch master cyl rod to give you some more travel.

 

[SPYDA_TRBO]

Dude i'm haveing the same problem with mine i'm thiking on getting a lighter flywheel maybe that would get rid of the problem.

 

[Magoo]

Could also be that the clutch master cylinder is bad, especially if the car had been sitting for a while...

 

[1GDSM2k3]

Yeah it was sitting a while before i got it. It did have some extreme temp changes too. Killed my ecu, wasted an eprom.

 

[skier_du]

Originally posted by 1GDSM2k3
I bought a talon knowing that it needed work and i got it running today. I'll have the clutch to the floor and it wont go into gear at all. It just grinds as if i wasnt touching the clutch at all. The fluid in my clutch master is pretty dark. I was thinking that i just need to replace the master and slave cylinders. Could that be it? Or could it be a sign of a worse problem?

Last yaeer I put an AASCO flywheel in my car with a 2600. I measured the flywheel and it was about 1/8 of an inch shorter than the stock. The car would not go into gear at all, so I put the stock flywheel back in and it went into gear fine. Found out this year the problem was not the flywheel, but the release fork was so worn at the pivot point and the slave cylinder rod point, and the pivot ball was so worn that the fork wasn't pushing far enough on the clutch pressure plate to dissengage it. Changed the fork and pivot ball and no more problems.
if your tranny has a few miles racked up, you might want to check those out before you get into an expensive tranny rebuild when it might be a simple fix.