re: hard shifting tranny

["Paul A. Hausman" <paul@lion.com>]

Did anyone have any ideas on this loosing lower gears?
My 87 4KCSQ is also beginning to go this route.  When the
same happened to a Fiat X1/9 (yes, I had a bout of insanity
in an earlier life) I lost gears quickly until I was driving
everywhere in 3rd gear. (You live like that with Fiats.)
When I got it in for repair, it turned out the shift rods were
busted and had almost decended into the gears... Narrowly 
escaped scrambled eggs.  ...Hoping that's not where my 4KQ is
headed.

At 09:21 AM 2/18/98 EST, C1J1Miller@aol.com wrote:
>The transmission in my 5-speed '91 200q has been getting more and more
>"notchy" in shifting into the first few gears.  I can feel the gears clash
>slightly with each shift.  Sometimes, however, it seems to shift fine, and
>usually shifts fine into 4th and 5th.  I've changed the tranny oil (twice),
>lastly to Redline MTL.  No effect.  It started off with 2nd gear being
>occasionally harsh; now it's getting worse.  Any thoughts?  I'm thinking of
>changing the tranny/engine mounts just to make sure everything is lined up
>correctly...
>Chris Miller, Windham NH, c1j1miller@aol.com
>
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Paul A. Hausman                <paul@lion.com>
Lion Technology Inc., Lafayette, NJ, 07848 USA