m6 missing 5th gear
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Staging Lane
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From: rapid city SD
m6 missing 5th gear i have a 2000 z28 with m6 and it is missing 5th. it doesnt go into gear it just grinds. i was wondering if anyone knows if i would have to completely rebuild it or if its an easier fix. and any price quotes would not be a bad thing, or if i might even be able to fix it by myself?
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i have a 2000 z28 with m6 and it is missing 5th. it doesnt go into gear it just grinds. i was wondering if anyone knows if i would have to completely rebuild it or if its an easier fix. and any price quotes would not be a bad thing, or if i might even be able to fix it by myself?
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id let the shop drop the tranny, while it would cost a little more, most shops wont warranty it if you remove and install it, since they could say that you installed it wrong. and about cost, it'll prolly cost anywhere from 500-1200 depending on internal damage. or if its just syncros.
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Staging Lane
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so i let the shop take my car and now it has been 3 weeks since i have even seen my car, im starting to get kind of pissed, does any one know if that will affect the cost of my transmissions repair?
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Staging Lane
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yea and the guy has known my father since they were in high school so he should be pretty fair to me, but idk its the first time i let somone work on my car instead of doing it myself and i guess im just nervous about it taking so long
I use 5th all the time... nearly all my city cruising is in 5th, so idk how u could go without that gear. Anyway, since the guy isn't picking up your calls I would go in and talk to him face to face, he cant as easily ignore u then. It's your car you have the right to know of its progress. I feel your pain tho, my previous car was at a trans shop for over 4 weeks to have the trans rebuilt. It sucked, I was pretty pissed off.
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Staging Lane
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damn i hope i dont have another week to look forward to, im going thru some serious withdrawls now, and yeah i tried to drive it without 5th for a while but second started getting pretty bad, sticking in gear and wut not
Yeah, some of us use 5th all of the time. It can depend on your gering and your speed limits on your main roads where in some towns/cities all of the speed limits are 45mph. Whereas here, our main speed limits are 35mph and I shift into 5th at 30mph. Just depends on the area. But have you heard any word from the shop yet? It shouldn't take near this much time to fix the syncro's and/or shift forks.
6th @ 50? If I do that the car feels like its bogging hardcore. I've determined 60mph to be minimum for 6th gear.
