Stick question

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
03/19/2020 at 22:05 • Filed to: None

Given everything else that’s going on, I haven’t tried to sort this out with the transmission shop, and I vowed never to deal with them again anyway.

However, depending on the root cause of this, maybe I will. Dunno. We’ll see what happens over the next few weeks/months.

So the context: I just had my transmission rebuilt under warranty because when the shop rebuilt it last May, I immediately had problems with 3rd gear. The shifter would feel as though it was engaged so I’d let off the clutch, but it was just “notchy ” enough to fool me. I’d let off the clutch and it would immediately pop out.

When they took it apart last month, they discovered that the synchros were already pretty beaten up; the working theory was that my last clutch wasn’t installed properly , which I’m skeptical about because I trust the mechanic who did that work, but I ended up with a new clutch for free as well as a rebuilt transmission.

(T he fact that the synchros were prematurely worn doesn’t explain the 3rd gear problem, since that started immediately.)

So now I have it back, and I’m quite unhappy; I can live with the lack of smooth shifting (it is a Jeep, after all), although I expected better, but the real problem is that 1st gear is now totally hosed.

Most, maybe all, of the time if I crawl in 1st gear long enough (like, more than a few seconds, but not much more) it’ll work its way out of gear. It’s not like my old 3rd gear problem where I would fail to fully engage it because it felt like it was all the way in. 1st gear will simply work its way out of gear.

So my question is this: is that behavior most likely the clutch or the transmission?

And I guess a second question: does anyone have any transmission shops they recommend in the greater Indianapolis area , because I’m sick to death of this bullshit.

Cute not-a-Jeep pic for your time.

The Crosley Farm-O-Road

DISCUSSION (7)

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Just Jeepin'
03/19/2020 at 22:33

The only shop I know is RPM transmissions but they seem to be doing late model Chevys and Fords....idk if they work on Jeeps.

Tekamul > Just Jeepin'
03/19/2020 at 22:35

Both your third and first issues could be the linkage. You’re just not able to get the lever far enough forward. That could also wear your synchros .

Just Jeepin' > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
03/19/2020 at 22:36

I can’t imagine they’re going to be all that different; surely manuals are simple enough, right?

Not that my current experience lends confidence to that.

Just Jeepin' > Tekamul
03/19/2020 at 22:40

Thanks, I’ll give them a call tomorrow and find out whether the linkage was replaced either time. From a quick search it sounds like a bad linkage could also cause the other rough shifting I’m experiencing.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Just Jeepin'
03/19/2020 at 22:40

I guess...You should call and ask them.

oldmxer > Just Jeepin'
03/20/2020 at 02:20

crosley farm o road, by the time u get that st raightened out the crank will break, i knew a guy who was a crosley fan and he had one of each body style except this one, the cranks eventually crack at the cen ter main bearing because of the cross drilled oil hole, so it becomes two pieces but keeps running because the crack is in line with the hole which is at 45 degrees, so it will suddenly start kno cking like a loose rod

Just Jeepin' > oldmxer
03/20/2020 at 08:48

The owner of this has several other models ; he knew someone in the Cros ley family. Gorgeous cars.