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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 10:53 AM
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NY No 1st Gear! Need Help Please

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Last night it was wet out so I decided go in the parking lot and do 360s. Not a good idea. I have a 1990 Turboll with a 13B-REW street ported with a Precision 6266. I just made 417rwhp on Thursday 1/10/2013. I was in 1st gear the whole time until I decided to try 2nd gear. I missed the gear and I think I grinded 2nd gear. After that the car will not go back in 1st gear. All the other gears work but it is a little tight coming out of 2nd. With the car on or off it will not go into
1st gear. All fluids are good. Any idea what I broke?

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Shaun
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 11:49 AM
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With that power just live without first lol
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by REAmemiya_fan
With that power just live without first lol
It is only at 12 psi.. It's A LOT of fun.. but I want 1st gear back for regular driving around town.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 06:06 PM
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get a new transmission.
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 09:41 PM
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Blow your life savings on an HKS 6-speed
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 10:42 AM
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Very odd but I drove the car for about 15 minutes and it went back into first gear. Hopefully everything is okay now. Thanks guys.
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 10:58 AM
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Get a new transmission. You probably smashed up a syncro. 2nd gear syncros go bad quite often on Mazda transmissions. But, with 417 WHP you should be able to start off in 3rd!
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 04:03 PM
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Change the fluid, might help until you can source a new transmission
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 04:14 PM
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I'm going to change the fluid but its going into 1st gear now. I don't know how it fixed it self, which is getting me worried. It drives like nothing happened. Any ideas Why it would just start working again?
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