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Hey, so a search of the forum turned up people who had similar issues but either had no solution or a slightly different problem than me. I have the original transmission in the car with 450,000km. Today coming home it was working fine, I stopped to fuel up when I was close to home and when I left the gas station I could no longer shift into 5th. All the other gears work fine. tried quite a few times on the 6 miles home. Last 3 days or so its been slightly more difficult to get into reverse but not bad. When I got home I tried with the car idling from different gears and with the car off, It went into 5th several times but it will go into 5th a couple times in a row, then not for a while, then go in again. Crawled underneath and the shift linkage feels tight and looks fine to me. Transmission fluid is full. When it won't go into 5th it feels like the shifter is going halfway into the gear but won't engage. Its not going all the way in and just spinning like in neutral like other people have. Its like your trying to shift without the clutch and the rpm's are wrong. I tried revving it up and down while driving but it didnt help.
Fluid changed regularly because it leaks out the output shaft seals and I have to top it up all the time. I have siezed it 3 times by forgetting to add oil and running it almost empty. Last time was 6 months ago. Transmission has been fine since that. I have a 4 hour drive I was going to do with a trailer to pick some stuff up after work tomorrow and spend the rest of the evening getting my other car ready to do that rather than further diagnosing the festiva and now its dark. I am planning to replace the transmission on July 1st but I need to drive the car before that.
Any ideas? Anything to check? thanks.
Fluid changed regularly because it leaks out the output shaft seals and I have to top it up all the time. I have siezed it 3 times by forgetting to add oil and running it almost empty. Last time was 6 months ago. Transmission has been fine since that. I have a 4 hour drive I was going to do with a trailer to pick some stuff up after work tomorrow and spend the rest of the evening getting my other car ready to do that rather than further diagnosing the festiva and now its dark. I am planning to replace the transmission on July 1st but I need to drive the car before that.
Any ideas? Anything to check? thanks.
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