(suttle?) signs my transmission is dying

[Burl Vibert]

isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk wrote:

> > I still think it will be cheaper considering my time + parts to just buy a
> > good used tranny rather than rebuild what I've got.  However, if 3rd gear
> > synchros are a problem for these things, maybe rebuilding makes sense, using
> > the new part as of 92'...>>
>
> >      So far 200 + hp has not hurt mine, an '88...
>
> Marc's is the first internal failure of a 5-speed that I've come across.
>

Nope, mine died about 2 weeks ago.  My 1983 Coupe popped out of reverse gear while
backing out of my snow covered driveway, I put it back in and held it ignoring the
nasty crunching, banging, grinding noises as the car kind of occasionally moved
backwards.
Definitely something mechanical went in a big way, possibly the reverse idler gear
is missing some teeth.
I doubt if the rest of the car is worth the time and expense of fixing so I
haven't decided what to do with it yet.  A mechanic friend of mine told me he's
seen the same or similar thing happen to a 4000.

Burl Vibert
1987 5000CSTQ
1983 Coupe
stuff
Kingston, Ontario