Fish
05-03-2008, 09:33 PM
Hey guys, I'm just trying to figure out my options here.
I have had the 1st-2nd gear grind and the creaking clutch since I got the car, and when I asked the previous owner about it he said he didn't know about the grinding (not sure if that's truth but he was an older Mormon guy so it's possible he wasn't shifting high RPMs) and the clutch pedal had been creaking since 06 and he never thought anything of it. I read around and ended up replacing my MTF with Amsoil synthetic MTF and it's been around 500 miles since then. I also got a weighted skunk2 5speed knob and the aluminum shifter base bushings, and it has felt good since then.
Now, the MTF change seemed to get rid of my 2nd gear grind, great huh! Then the problems started again. Grind is gone, but now I can't engage reverse when stopped without messing with the brake and letting the clutch in and out a few times, moving an inch or two rolling and it finally goes in. It gets like halfway and won't go in if I don't mess with it, every time. Today I was in a little hurry and thought it went in but it was really halfway in. I let out the clutch a little to inch out and it grinded and snapped into neutral. I was able to back out and get home, but it feels notchy as hell now. It's hard to push into any gear and I didn't even try to redline to see if 2nd gear is messed with too. The clutch still feels like it did, stiff and feelingless as it always has been (assuming this isn't a problem) but the tranny is now more notchy and hard to work with. Reverse is still the same way as it was before, hard to engage.
So I'm going to call Santan Honda on Monday and set up a time to have it looked at. I'm just wondering what could be wrong (I'm assuming clutch master+slave need to be changed and 2nd gear synchros need to be changed) and how much it could cost me. Is it feasible to ask for it to be changed under warranty? My car is out of warranty, it had the 3 year/36000 and was bought October 04 (~3.5 years now), it's a 2005 and has just over 36800 miles. Could it be cheaper to have a local shop do it or maybe swap the trans with a type s 6speed instead of having it fixed? How much would that cost me? I don't think I could do that myself as I have no experience with cars past installing a muffler and CAI on my old car and a CAI on this car (though I'm reading a lot of great info here and learning through selective modding :mbiggrin:).
Sorry for the long winded post, I'm just worried about this as I don't really have the money to pay for it to be fixed, and my dad is already pissed at me for the brakes going (he didn't want me to trade my 07 eclipse with 13k miles for this because he said it would need tons of maintenance, guess he was right) so I don't know what will happen if he has to pay for the repair.
thanks..
I have had the 1st-2nd gear grind and the creaking clutch since I got the car, and when I asked the previous owner about it he said he didn't know about the grinding (not sure if that's truth but he was an older Mormon guy so it's possible he wasn't shifting high RPMs) and the clutch pedal had been creaking since 06 and he never thought anything of it. I read around and ended up replacing my MTF with Amsoil synthetic MTF and it's been around 500 miles since then. I also got a weighted skunk2 5speed knob and the aluminum shifter base bushings, and it has felt good since then.
Now, the MTF change seemed to get rid of my 2nd gear grind, great huh! Then the problems started again. Grind is gone, but now I can't engage reverse when stopped without messing with the brake and letting the clutch in and out a few times, moving an inch or two rolling and it finally goes in. It gets like halfway and won't go in if I don't mess with it, every time. Today I was in a little hurry and thought it went in but it was really halfway in. I let out the clutch a little to inch out and it grinded and snapped into neutral. I was able to back out and get home, but it feels notchy as hell now. It's hard to push into any gear and I didn't even try to redline to see if 2nd gear is messed with too. The clutch still feels like it did, stiff and feelingless as it always has been (assuming this isn't a problem) but the tranny is now more notchy and hard to work with. Reverse is still the same way as it was before, hard to engage.
So I'm going to call Santan Honda on Monday and set up a time to have it looked at. I'm just wondering what could be wrong (I'm assuming clutch master+slave need to be changed and 2nd gear synchros need to be changed) and how much it could cost me. Is it feasible to ask for it to be changed under warranty? My car is out of warranty, it had the 3 year/36000 and was bought October 04 (~3.5 years now), it's a 2005 and has just over 36800 miles. Could it be cheaper to have a local shop do it or maybe swap the trans with a type s 6speed instead of having it fixed? How much would that cost me? I don't think I could do that myself as I have no experience with cars past installing a muffler and CAI on my old car and a CAI on this car (though I'm reading a lot of great info here and learning through selective modding :mbiggrin:).
Sorry for the long winded post, I'm just worried about this as I don't really have the money to pay for it to be fixed, and my dad is already pissed at me for the brakes going (he didn't want me to trade my 07 eclipse with 13k miles for this because he said it would need tons of maintenance, guess he was right) so I don't know what will happen if he has to pay for the repair.
thanks..