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Re: 3rd gear on 8v Turbo
Posted by Ryan Goldade (more from Ryan Goldade) on Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:01:24
In Reply to: 3rd gear on 8v Turbo, Lee McGinley, Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:35:25
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It's most likely a worn out tranny. It could be a misalignment in the shifter (unlikely as that usually affects other gears and someone would have fixed it by now because that's not a difficult repair). It could be a bad motor mount (also unlikely as that usually affects other gears as well). So most likely you would be getting into a car needing (?) a repair equal or greater than the value of the vehicle.
I have an 84 900 at home that pops out of 4th everytime I drive it and has for a couple of years now. It's a bad gear and I'm not going to tear into it because the car's just not worth it, but that doesn't stop me from driving it all the time.
Don't buy the car thinking it will be an easy fix as that's likely not the case. Transmission problems are the biggest plague on the C900 and are almost always costly.
Ryan Goldade
Portland OR
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