i have an 86 rx7 n/a. This car ran perfectly until last night. was driving down a long stretch of road and i topped it out in fourth to 6k and i heard a snap noise.... after that i wasn't able shift into second at all, third and fourth work. When i put it in fifth it goes into place but no gear, like its in neutral. Plz help thanks!

 

If the clutch engages in third or fourth, suspect the tranny internals. In which case you will need to replace the tranny, and might as well replace the clutch assembly at the same time. Pick up a used tranny from the classified section of the forum.

 

so you got 1st 3rd and 4th...who needs the rest? Sorry for the bad luck. itll be a fun project putting the tranny in though.

 

Thanks, but what could have cause it to break that way? any ideas?

 

It's 22 yrs. old. You can't (realistically) expect things not to break.

Don't ride on your grandpa's shoulders once you're grown up and question why his back gives out.

Good news is that they are fairly cheap and not too bad to swap out.

 

Haha very true. It seems best just to get a new one anyhow, alright well thanks guys

 

You can pick up another used N/A tranny for about 50$. Replace the clutch, T/O bearing, and pilot bearing while your down there.

 

Will do, thanks!

 

Damn. Let me know where you buy your trannies. I go through em like once a year.

 

Haha, back when I lived down in FL, their was a RX-7 graveyard I use to go to where they didn't charge a arm and a leg for parts. I bought 4 trannys for 50 bucks each. Ended up selling them to friends though.

 

The last tranny I bought was in Vietnam...Didn't work out so well and I wasn't able to get my money back either...
Actually, that was a terrible joke. In all seriousness though, I do think it's coming time for me to get a new NA transmission and as mentioned from another above, they can be found for about 50 bucks.