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Old 04-23-2006, 12:19 PM
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Default Third gear grinds when cold. WTF?

When i first start up and drive my car after its been sitting for a while, 3rd gear grinds into place. 1st engages fine, going into 2nd is ok, but then when I shift into 3rd it grinds into place. It does this the first and sometimes second time. But every time after that, third engages smooth. I thought it was because of my old clutch being worn out, but now i have a brand new SPEC 2 clutch and it still does it. I'm thinking I might have damaged something in the tranny when I raced it, because I missed third going down the track. Instead of going into third, I forced the shifter really hard into the space between 3rd and 5th. Anyone have any ideas?
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My car does the same thing. As the cold weather is setting in this year though, now it does it going into 5th Any ideas?
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My car did the same thing for awhile. Now it grinds third every time. I just skip it now. It just means that the synhcro is going out. Time for a rebuild
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my car did the same thing, no there is no third gear, that happened shortly after i lost 4th so no its sitting in need a rebuild.
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Great. haha Thanks for the info



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