$38 of wishful thinking, 4th gear synchros. are toast

[L DC]

Hi all!!

Roy has a good point about the trannys on the 5KTQs!!

>From what I've heard and seem, they are virtually
bullet proof.

I friend of mine who also owns a 5KTQ revs and works
that tranny like no other. 

Burning all 4 tires with the diffs locked and four
adults in the car and the tranny, with close to 200K
miles,if not more, acts as if nothing!!!

Later on, I came across a junked 5KTQ, stick shift,
and asked my friend if I should buy that tranny to
have it as replacement part just in case the one in my
car goes.

His response: If you buy it, I don't think you'll ever
get to use it!!  

Take care all!!


--- "E. Roy Wendell IV" <erwendell at mac.com> wrote:
> Something about this picture isn't right. I've
> driven or owned four of 
> these cars every one of which had well over 150k
> miles on the 
> transmission. Not a one of them had shifting
> problems. I don't see how 
> anyone could manage to abuse one gear bad enough to
> wear out the 
> syncro, especially fourth. Second gear I could see,
> maybe.
> 
> I once tore apart a whole transmission because of
> similar shifting 
> problems only to find the syncros in excellent
> shape. The problem 
> turned out to be a clutch disc that was binding on
> the input shaft and 
> thus not disengaging completely during shifting.
> 
> Playing skeptic here, I'll put forward the
> possibility that your 
> problems are clutch related as well.
> 
> Roy
> 
> > It's in really nice shape otherwise and the
> transmission isn't really 
> > dead, either...4th gear is giving me fits, but
> otherwise the car runs 
> > and looks and drives like you would expect a
> 5KCSTQ with < 50k miles 
> > to!
> 
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