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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:32:26 -0500 From: John B <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> Subject: transmission symptoms (?) [c900]
Hi, 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. Thanks, John
