Date: 10 Oct 2007 21:15:30 GMT From: Adrian <toomany2cvsnospaml.com> Subject: Re: transmission symptoms (?) [c900]
John B (rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : > My 1992 900 (NA) has been running pretty well lately, but then about a > month ago it left me stranded, unwilling to go into either 1st or 2nd > gear. I had it towed, and sure enough it was a problem with the shift > linkage. Which they fixed. > > After that, the shifter felt like new, and all was well for one week. > > Then I was out of the country for two weeks, during which the car just > sat in the driveway. > > Upon my return, the car still runs, but suddenly has some rather > interesting symptoms: > > 1. Upon starting from a dead stop (in either 1st or reverse), there is > a slipping sensation just as the clutch engages (feels like starting > on wet or icy pavement). There might be a noise coming from the engine > compartment when this happens, but I'm not sure about that yet. > > 2. Although shifting up through the gears from 1-5 works fine, > shifting down from 3 into 2 causes grinding, as if there is a problem > with the synchro. Shifting down from 5 to 4 and 4 to 3 works fine. > > I would greatly appreciate any thoughts as to what might be going on > here. Sounding very like a clutch problem. It's a dead easy job to change on a c900, especially a non-turbo.
