This is the wrong tine of the year to have a problem! I can't get the transmission into gear. I started having trouble with shifting into 2nd on the way home from TRIALS last year. I presumed the synchro was going bad, and as long as I was slow to shift, I didn't grind too much. But, in the past month, the grinding became more of a problem, now, gradually, I can't get into 1st, or 4th. Interesting, 3d and reverse are not a problem. I presumed that I had a hydraulic problem, but the master and slave check out ok with no significant leak, and I have about 0.5" of shaft mvt. on the slave cylinder in the center hole. The clutch has about 30K on all components (Roadster Factory "magic clutch", and the cross shaft is drilled with a grade 8 bolt in addition to a secured taper pin. The fluid level in the tranny is full. When I can get it into gear, there are no unusual noises at road speed. I have noticed in the past 3000 miles or so, an occ rubbing sound that seems to come from the output of the tranny. The U joint looks good. I checked the tranny fluid, and there are no big chunks of metal. The OD works fine. In neutral, with the engine idling, when I let the clutch out, about 1/2 through the travel, there seems to be an intermittent "clunk" as if there is slack in the drive train. This is intermittent . The clutch feels fine and engages/disengages normally....when I can get the car in gear. Again, with the engine idling, or turned off, the only gear I can get into is third and reverse. Any ideas? Clutch failure, fork failure? Is the tranny about to die?
Joe
Joe