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- From: axle@bb1t.monsanto.com
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Transmission prob. & Redline MTL
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.143007.4324@bb1t.monsanto.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 14:30:06 CST
- Organization: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO
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- 2 all netters,
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- I've got an 88 MR2 non-turbo. About a month ago, the transmission
- became hard to upshift, especially going from 2nd to 1st. No grinding or
- clunking, just resistance coming out of first and into second.
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- I took it to a Toyota dealer, and after test driving it, he said
- that I have a weak pressure plate causing the cluth not to disengage properly.
- So I took my car to an independent mechanic I know. He just laughed and
- told me that I just need to change the transmission oil and keep the revs
- down a little when I upshift. (I normally shift at about 3.5-4k. That's
- not much for a 7.5k redline.)
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- Taking his advice I ordered Redline MTL 75W90 and changed the
- trans fluid. Yuk, my old fluids were dirty and full of synchronizers. The
- Redline help the upshift a litte bit, but did not eliminate the problem.
- Upshifting was still hard and a little bit crunchy.
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- Anyway, today I took my car to another dealer. This time they say
- they couldn't find anyting wrong with the transmission.
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- I'm STUMPED. I know that my transmission is not what it used to
- be. The car has 56k on it. That means the warranty will run out soon.
- What can I do now? Any advice or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
- I can't drive this car having to shift at 2.5k. It feels like a Yugo.
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- Thanks in advance,
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- AXle Signing out.
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- P.S. Incidentally, the first dealer I took it to, I did not tell them
- I got the extended warranty.
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