Tranny is Fubar!

[irjoshy]

So after several months of annoying grinds and misses while shifting, I decided to check the tranny fluid. Well my manual says its supposed to have 4.6 pints, I definitely had to put in about 3.5! Also there were brass shavings in the fluid, Immediately I thought that the synchros were bad.

So I took my car to a mitsubishi dealership because I trust this one mechanic up there, and he told me it was the clutch! Well I respectfully disagreed because i just had buschur put in a new ACT 2100. Not to mention the fact that it only ground gears in second and third, I figured that clutches don't become selective on what works and what doesnt.

Well I finally took it to the local Chrysler dealership and they tore into it. Low and behold the synchros were bad, all of them. So they replaced that and the guy said first gear was toast so he replaced that as well.

So for a rebuilt tranny I only have to pay 100 dollars... YAY warantee....

just figured i'd share my experience with you all.... I'm super happy, and I hope i can get my DSM back on the road again!

-josh

 

[Mainegsxhick]

so you had third syncs and first gear replaced for only $100?

 

[JiveMasterT]

so you had third syncs and first gear replaced for only $100?

sounds like what happened to me... i took in my car cause it was whining like a little baby and i blew a bearing on the input shaft and didnt get it replaced soon enough and then it wore away at the tranny housing. the whole thing was trash.

so, i only paid a $100 deductible for a whole new tranny. I also needed a new clutch and flywheel, but I'm gonna get my old ones back and and sell the flywheel as a core and sell the pressure plate off the act 2100 to recoop some of the costs, cause im real nice and poor right now.