Hissing gearbox

[Barton Oleksy]

sjensen at mindspring.com write:

>>N B <turbo_quattro at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> The car is an '865KTQ, when it is in neutral there is no sound, when
it is in gear there is a
>>constant hissing coming from the gearbox. when wiggle the gear
selector the sound alters a bit,
>>what can cause this, is it as easy as replacing some bushings to fix
it?
>
>Is it the original clutch/throwout bearing?  If it is, and since the
sound alters when you wiggle
>the shifter, it may be the shifter bushings but I'm leaning towards the
throwout bearing on its way
>out.

BTW, I don't think temperature makes any difference on mine, although
I've only had it a few days now, but it's certainly noticeable right now
with relatively warm temperatures.

Shifter bushings, eh?  I'll mention that to my mechanic.  He talked
about some 'hub' that can get slightly out of position so that my 3rd
and 5th gears at the 'top' will touch it or something.  Said it wasn't
anything to worry about, but he would maybe have a look.  I'll mention
shifter bushings to him...would be nice to fix that, as I use 3rd around
town a lot, and I could imagine being in 5th (where I haven't found a
'wiggle' that would silence the squealing/grinding) on a long trip would
get on the nerves, too!

Bart
'86 CGT
'89 200T (for sale)
'91 200TQ (just acquired, has the 'squealing' problem)
Edmonton, AB Canada