Re: Grinding shifts

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>
>
>Now my problem - I can quietly engage first gear, but when I start shifting
>up through the gears, it grinds on the way into second and third.  I didn't
>get onto an open-enough road to see what would happen with fourth and
>fifth - I'm not plated or insured yet, so I just went around the block
>carefully.
>
>TIA!
>Aaron

The easy answer here is to drain the transaxle fluid and replace with
a high quality synthetic.  I would recommend Redline MTL for the 020,
works great.  Fixed a cold shift clunk/grind in my car, and it's done
the same for many others.

==Brett

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