power only goes to rear wheels!(kinda long)

[Norb85]

Okay here's the deal. I bought a 91' Talon TSi AWD for $300. i had it taken to a shop to have all the work done to it. I told the mechanic that the tranny wouldn't go into 5th. Mind you I still haven't driven it yet. After taking care of everything else, he checks the tranny out and tells me that power is only going to the rear wheels and I need a new transmission. I trust him, but I want to know how this can happen. I know the power is only going to the rear wheels because i saw the car in the shop on a lift running and only the rear wheels were spinning.please tell me what happened in my trans to make this happen and where I can find another one for fairly cheap. Thank you guys in advance for your help.


I put $1100 into it and I still can't drive it!

 

[4g63swap]

don't realy know that much about transmissions but it sounds like a transfer case problem not a trans. just my opinion. good luck. to find a mew one look in the classifeds on the site or go to www.dsmtrader.com sometimes you can find a good deal there.
hope this helps

 

[HokieDSM]

Sounds like your center differential might be blown. When that happens, power will either go to the rear only or the front only, so that may be your problem.

Suggestion - go with a 4-spider gear center diff from BMtranny or TRE (should be in the parts catalog) - it'll last longer than the normal center diff.

 

[leet]

Your center differential is shot.