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oooo just emptied the tranny fluid and I'd (embarassing) say there was only about a liter in there instead of the two and a half. Could that prevent the gears from engaging? Thanks guys.
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Would this cause it to feel completely loose? Are you thinking maybe the linkage has come free from the gears at some point inside the tranny?Originally posted by festivaWES View PostComment
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Yeah if it is broken off inside there. On top of that if you ran it pretty dry, the trans maybe shot. I don't know though i have ran on without fluid around the block and had no problems. Someone actually drained the trans for me
Last edited by festivaWES; 09-15-2009, 06:51 PM.---------------------------------------------------
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^ I think you're right. I filled the tranny fluid back up and tried, it turned the hubs a bit, but that was it. There's no feeling in the shifter again. I plan to pull the tranny tomorrow. At least I'll get one in that shouldn't leak, and put new seals in and find out the shape the clutch is in. Hopefully I don't have to replace it as this car will probably only serve me another year tops, at which point, Xiva, with a performance clutch should replace it.Comment
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couple hours maybe"FLTG4LIFE" @FINALLEVEL , "PBH"
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haha I wish it went that easy...also wish I had internet right now...
Anyhow, I've got the tranny set up on the engine now. I installed a new clutch, and torqued the pressure plate back on while centering the clutch. I left the flywheel on (it looks fine). I've left it at that though, because I now have no clutch feel. I tried adjusting it, but I'm feeling quite certain it's something wrong in the installation. No, I didn't install the clutch backwards like I heard has been done. I'll note the tranny didn't slide in smoothly though. Just lookin to figure it out before I start pulling it off again...Comment
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Don't know if your still working on this but you could tear you old tranny apart and use the input shaft to line up the clutch, best alignment tool you can have.1991 Festiva EFI
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uummm did you remember to re-attach the clutch cable at the fork? just thinking it's something easily overlooked.Trees aren't kind to me...
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Well, I did get the clutch back, ran into another problem...don't wanna get into it...buying my 3rd Festi this week.Comment
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