SwooshMand

Alright this is the deal, my friend has an 86 n/a. Today he was driving it and came to a light. When he went to put the car into first the car wouldn't go into first at all. Then about 5 minutes later it would go into first but wouldn't go anywhere. It made a huge banging sound from the tranny or diff. Second gear works and so does all the rest other than reverse. Reverse just goes about 2 feet and the it feels like its hittin a wall and bounces back. Also it is making a metal on metal sound even when the car is in neutral and the clutch is released. There's fluid in the master cylinder res.. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

HIMNI Racing

Check oil level?

SwooshMand

In what?

SwooshMand

bump, its very important

JarrardB

When was the last time you checked the gearbox oil?

SwooshMand

In all honesty, never. He's only had the car a few months and i mostly maintain it. Not always by choice. What is involved in checkin the oil?

HuggyBear

when my tranny lost a few teeth i drove it for awhile still. eventually it got so bad that reverse gear did exactly what happened to you. it goes for a couple feet then hits like a wall and bounces.

your stuck with pulling the tranny our....

i also had the griding noise when the clutch was engaged through that period

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

Sounds like there are two problems:

1. Throwout bearing bad

2. Transmission bad

Replace/rebuild the tranny, and replace the clutch and throwout bearing (as well as pilot bearing) at the same time.

Detriuch

iTrader: (1)

check the oil level. prob the best to pull the tranny and see what suprise you have

Ryde _Or_Die

I'd start looking for a used tranny. They can be had fairly cheap.