I just bought my 86 rx-7 GXL, wich is very clean by the way.

But when I first started the car this morning, I had a lot of difficulties to pass the shifter in reverse position. I had to wait the engine to be hot (but it was still difficult).

It also makes this freaking noise (the one it does when you miss a shift) very often when I shift.

When I did the road test, only the fifth gear had this kind of problems. I thought it was the synchro and a friend-mechanic told me I could probably fix the problem by changing the kind of oil transmission.

The base of the shifter becomes also very hot when I go above 120 km/h.

I only hope I'm not gonna have to change the transmission; the car has only 140k km!!!

If you have any idea of what I could do to fix the problems, I'd be very thankful.

 

i have the same problem in my car but its only reverse. heres how i take care of the problem when i shift into reverse it gets to a point where the shifter gives resistance and then i let out on the clutch slightly and then it shifts into reverse smoothly. and it also woulbe a good idea to chance your tranny fluid.

 

my reverse acts gay but thats cause i dont put it in all the way on geari knida SHOVE it in there with a bit of force to make sure it in gear. :-)

 

The base of my shifter seemed to always get hot no matter what I did. It wasn't that big of a deal, just made the A/C work harder.

 

yeah i have the tough reverse problem too, it sucks, this tranny was rebuilt in the late 90's so i dunno what its deal is.

 

If I don't hit reverse right away, I just let up on the clutch and then push it back in, then kinda throw the shifter back so it doesn't grind a lot.

 

My shift **** and stem used to get hot too.. I checked the shift boots and they were all cracked and destroyed.. I replaced the boots and now the shifter stays cool.. Have a Good Week,

Jimmy

 

yeah i do the let the cluthc out very slighty and it pops into R on mine, does your trany make any bearing noise?? my shifter used to get REALLY hot, a few months before it went out but it had like 180K on it

 

with the reverse you have to pop it down into a space directly below 5th, its half way between a neutral and full reverse, then go right-down (this is not how I say the real shifter is, but this is how MINE "acts"). Picture details it :

 

Try shifting into 5 th gear, before going into R. That seems to help me at times, and has since just become a habit.

My inner shifter boots were looking ratty, so I wrapped part of an old bath towel around the shifter, before I put the top boot on. Woks well.

 

i shift into second and then into reverse that works for me and never have any problems.

 

no reverse syncro on a S4 coupe tranny, double clutch before putting it into reverse.