(suttle?) signs my transmission is dying

[Craig D. Niederst]

I just lost reverse in my '86 CGT recently. Bad reverse idler gear. Seems
like a nasty run of bad gears lately on 5 spds...

Craig
'92 100S (91k)
'86 CGT (195k)

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Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: RE: (suttle?) signs my transmission is dying


>
> > 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.
>
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