My transmission exploded.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Walked into my garage this morning and smelled a very distinct smell. Tranny fluid.

Last night I had missed a throw from 2nd to 3rd and landed in 5th. Turns out thats hard on the forks. Initially I thought I may have had shifter cable damage, but nope... much MUCH worse than that.

New transmission time. Im in talks with a local guy that may have 1991 available. Its not as good as the one I have because it only has single syncros instead of dual syncros. Also its a Non-Limited slip differential, so ill need to go aftermarket for that.

Finding a replacement 93+ LSD transmission might be difficult.

sucks. I planned on attending my first autocross this Saturday. Well, Thats not happening.

 

[Greenman]

A little JB weld will fix that right up.

 

[brainhulk]

I didn't know a missed upshift into 5th could do that...crazy

 

[tortillasoup]

He must shift really hard or something. Skip shifting should definitely not cause this at all.

 

[skyking]

That sucks man. maybe the missed shift was a symptom and not a cause?

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

That sucks man. maybe the missed shift was a symptom and not a cause?

Im not sure. SOunds like its not that uncommon of a problem. Ive already found someone on another forum that said that their 4/5 fork broke very similarly to this.

Im wondering if its repairable. THis might be the time to learn about transmissions.

 

[skyking]

I'd sure check it out.
you'd keep the LSD you want, save lots of cash and time running down another box.

 

[DominionSeraph]

That'll buff right out.

 

[MongGrel]

That'll buff right out.

Just had to Heh once.

 

[Mide]

Damn, that sucks Fuzzy...hope you get your ride runnin' again.

 

[jlee]

So when's the new CNC billet transmission getting made?

 

[_Rick_]

Time to go custom pneumatic actuated sequential with straight-cut gears.

 

[skyking]

Time to go custom pneumatic actuated sequential with straight-cut gears.

And a new sound system to help drown it out.

 

[_Rick_]

Why woukd you drown out the sound of how awesome you are?

 

[skyking]

having driven straight cuts before, no. After a few minutes of awesome it drills right into your brain.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

having driven straight cuts before, no. After a few minutes of awesome it cuts straight into your brain.

FTFY


I may have sourced a replacement already, but its not a LSD. Its getting sent to the machine shop to see if it passes quality control before installation. If all is good I may nab it up and throw an aftermarket Limited Slip Differential into it.

 

[exdeath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP8sofAN4xc

 

[Ferzerp]

Yikes. I wouldn't think that particular action would cause that particular failure.

 

[foghorn67]

A skipped shift causes that? I hope you don't roll your eyes in front of it. The hood might blow off.

 

[jlee]

A skipped shift causes that? I hope you don't roll your eyes in front of it. The hood might blow off.

That's not a super common failure - the transmission is typically solid past 800whp.

 

[jlee]

Hey Fuzzy I wonder if the axle failure problems contributed to additional wear on the shift forks? No idea if one could impact the other, but with the motor movement you were experiencing with the first set of motor mounts that failed, I wonder if that was able to stress some stuff (motor/trans twisting, shift levers getting pulled on by the shift cables, etc)? Just speculation...

 

[exdeath]

You must.

Crushing shift forks like a boss.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

LOL ^^
Its not super common, not unheard of to break the forks.

A skipped shift causes that? I hope you don't roll your eyes in front of it. The hood might blow off.

a skipped shift at WOT 6500+rpm will do that. Casual skipping, no. I was beating on my car, and finally it said "I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE! F MY LIFE!"

Im kinda depressed about it actually. I was REALLY looking forward to autocross. Ive missed this free event for noobs two years in a row already, and this was looking promising this year. Car says Nope.

 

[thefordmccord]

So, not your first time blowing a tranny??

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

So, not your first time blowing a tranny??

Marked: 24 posts. Was waiting for that joke.

Honestly, ATG was letting me down by not getting that out sooner.