Hmm haven't been on in awhile and i see nothing has changed haha.

Unfortunately life took a funny little spin and i ended up putting the mazda on the back burner.

I finally got some things straightened out and got some time for the car. I gave her sort of a tune up with my end of the year bonus check, new oil, filters, plugs, wires, and flushed the radiator. Also new front tires and an updated stereo system.

I thought she deserved a trip up to the mountains for a nice drive past golden and through the tunnel. She was a blast but boy could i feel the difference in altitude haha.

She made it home just fine and i put her in the garage without a care.

I get up in the morning, decide to take her to work, and while on my way i notice a vibration when i accelerate coming from the back near the diff. Thinking it was just unbalanced tires i kept going. I soon then stop at a stop sign, turn, and accelerate. The car vibrates more violently and i hear a bang fwap fwap fwap!

I immediately lose my transmission and the car doesnt go into gear for anything. I think great!

I coast the car to the side of the road, open the door, look under the car and i see my drive shaft just dangling there..Broken from the u joint attached to part that inserts into the transmission..

Long story short, i get her home, grab a spare drive line, put it in, try my best to fill her up with transmission fluid and i try driving her... This is where im stumped. Tranny feels sloppy and will only move in 1st 3rd and 5th. I (think) i can put the car into 2nd 4th and reverse but the car doesn't move.

I probably got a quart and then some in the tranny but cannot seem to get anymore in with it coming out.

Am i wasting my time with the fluid? Is my transmission toast?

 

Yep

 

Actually, the floppy driveshaft may have broken the extension housing. That would explain why the the two gears in line don't work. Either way, NA trannies are cheap.

 

I have a spare s4 Na tranny so I'm not too shook about that.
It just kinda bums me out I have to pull my engine. Especially when i get home from work its about 0 degrees in the garage haha.

Oh well I guess I'll be having me some good old fashioned fun

 

Break out the torches and the bronze screwdriver.

 

/\.fixed!

 

Another question arose. I remember reading somewhere about changing counter weight, fly wheel, clutch, etc when changing to a different series of transmission.

I know it applies when swapping to a turbo trans to a Na engine.

but does this rule apply when swapping from a s5 trans to s4?

 

They're the same.

 

88 vert and N/A same transmission?

 

^^^ Yes sir

 

Sweet thanks guys.

Engine and tranny are out and the shifter extension was cracked straight down the middle.

Prepping, cleaning, and waiting for parts