Re: Grinding 5 Speed in V8

[ekellock@juno.com]

My 91 200q Avant shares the grinding characteristic with your 91 V8Q.

Ed Kellock ................... Greenville, SC  USA
91 200q avant .......... 87 Coupe GT

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998 02:21:19 -0800 "R. Shayne Pavlic'" <bcpi@arias.net>
writes:
>I have a '91 V8Q 5 speed.  I bought it around 47,000 miles 4 years 
>ago.  Now
>it has about 130,000 miles.  Ever since I got the car it on occasion 
>grinds
>the second gear as I shift.  I put in a new clutch at around 60,000 
>miles
>when the rear main started leaking.  That did not solve the problem.  
>The
>grinding seems to be totally random.  Does not seem to have anything 
>to do
>with the way I drive.  Anyone have suggestions as to what it is and 
>how it
>can be fixed (other then replacing the tranny)?  
>
>
>TIA, Shayne.
>
>P.S.  My 200TQ 5 speed, also from '91 has the same tranny and I have 
>no
>problems in that car.  
>

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