He Guys...

This is kind of strange...

One day I go out...fire up the Z (6 speed)and drive down the road and then notice that I can't get into 5th gear...

The only way to get into the gear is to RAM it in very hard...therefore, I've been just bypassing 5 all together...either leave it in 4 or go directly to 6...

Anyone ever experienced this? What could it be...

Other than that the tranny is holding up fine....

Thanks,

T...

 

Nobody? Anyone?

 

Anyone know what my problem could be?

Syncros? etc....

Tranny people please...

HEHE

 

if it was just 5th gear, i would guess the synchros but i am not sure. if it was the slave or master cylinder it would not want to go into other gears also. how many miles are on the tranny?

 

mine did that a while ago but i couldnt get it out of 5th and when i finally got it out it would go in and then not into 6th. i had to get all my synchros replaced and my 6th gear. plrobably just your synchros though.

 

Tranny has over 140K on it...

From what I can see...most places charge $500 to rebuild this tranny plus parts...

Is all of this necessary if I just need to replace a syncro...

Also...
I'm thinking of Beefing up my car here in the near future...wouldn't it be better to just replace the tranny with a better version? however...I have not checked the prices for tougher trannies yet...

T...

 

the t-56's in these cars are pretty strong. quite a few people are running 450-500 HP on their stock tranny's. if i was doing synchros, i would probally have them all replaced with those kind of miles on it. your right, the labor will not be cheap. also, the synchros won't just be a few dollars either.

 

Thanks for the reply...

It seems that my best option would be to eventually just rebuild my stock tranny...

Thanks,
TDog