Update: Tonight after sitting for 5 months I decided get the Talon up on jack stands for an initial visual inspection. Again as described above - I was getting a slipping /1st and 2nd gear pop out under moderate / hard acceleration.During the visual inspection today the only thing out of the...

Thank you. Read it and will re-read in the morning. I do appreciate the insights!

I’ve just heard rumblings & rumors of parts also being hard to find - but it makes sense. It took me a over year to find a decent donor used 2G car/motor when mine died almost 2 years ago. So yeah, should be wicked fun trying to figure this one out 😢Thanks! I will start here, it definitely...

Thank you, I appreciate that input. My gut is telling me transmission but of course I’m hoping it is something easier (lulz). I’ve installed engines and transmissions but never rebuilt one. Since it’s 2023 I doubt I’d find a good used 5 speed AWD transmission. So I suspect rebuilding the trans...

Transmission if it matches car odometer could be 200,000 miles. Transmission does look like it may have been apart at some point in its life. Funny after several 1Gs & 2Gs & 20+ years of ownership this is a new issue for me. Should be a solid learning experience. I will inspect the splines...

Good afternoon. Long post & not as well written as I hoped - I’m sorry. I have been researching on this transmission or drivetrain issue I had occur yesterday - to no avail!I’m looking for thoughts/experiences to point me in a general direction before I actually get to look/work on the Talon...

Thanks I appreciate your experience and insights: I will get it discharged, put a vacuum on it, recharge it and see if that works.

@90TSIAWDTALON That seems like the next logical & cost effective step. However does it make any sense to change out the Receiver Dryer and then vacuum the system and recharge or just wait on that - in case I need to actually open up the system? Also any thoughts on the low side reading &...

I recently relocated from Seattle WA to Charleston SC. Unlike Seattle I know there is heat/humidity in the South. So I recently started to diagnose why the AC is not working.Backstory: last December I swapped in a low mileage 4g63t (50k-ish) from a 97 Spyder GS-T into my ‘95 TSi. During the...

Resolved.Turns out with A/C Low port buried down & near the firewall driver side (which is/was hard to see). And while my car was assembled in ‘94 for the 95 model year, turns out it does in fact have R134a and associated fittings. I just wasn’t getting the AC fill line fitting squared up...

Appreciate that, thanks!

Interesting, thank you.

I’ve read through a lot of threads and didn’t see a similar situation.Backstory: I have a 95 Talon TSi AWD it was originally a Vancouver/Canadian car. I purchased it in Oregon and it lived in Seattle since 2017 (no real need for AC). This year I moved to Charleston SC and would like to get...

Hi, I found an older set of lightweight used Unorthodox Pulleys I forgot I had stored in a box from years ago. The set includes Crank Pulley, Power Steering pump pulley and a dual integrated Alternator and Water pump pulley (see pics). I had these on my very first ‘92 Laser AWD. These are...

I just cleaned the center section better and sure enough it’s an ACT STREETLITE flywheel. I appreciate the input - thanks for the help!