hard to shift

[blakegriffin]

Originally Posted by project_talon_tsi

ok guys i know this thred is kinda old but im havin about the same problems, i have a 90 ,tsi, awd, stock to the bone, its hard to get it into gear even when the car in not running and it grinds most, well all the time now, when i first got the car running it would not go into gear all all, i replaced the slave, it was bad (leaking) bled the hell out of it, still no clutch, relpaced the master beld the hell out of it again, then i had every gear but first, it would grind big time but after playing with with pedal (pumping it a few times) it seamed to go into gear ok, but now i cant get it into any gears, the car sits , its my project car i bought about 7 months ago so im not drivin it and i dont get y i would be able to put it in gear fine one day but not the next, im thoughts are eather, miss adjusted pedal, shift linkage, or somthin in the trans its self.
ANY input would be great

thanks guys

try to make sure all the bolts from the tranny to the engine are secure. i have a 1994 eclipse gs turbo and the bolt from the tranny to the engine right by the slave broke a few times. therefore wen u push in the clutch the engine and the tranny will seperate. better check it fast cuz i blew about three throw out bearings because of that problem.

[MazdaX]

Originally Posted by project_talon_tsi

ok guys i know this thred is kinda old but im havin about the same problems, i have a 90 ,tsi, awd, stock to the bone, its hard to get it into gear even when the car in not running and it grinds most, well all the time now, when i first got the car running it would not go into gear all all, i replaced the slave, it was bad (leaking) bled the hell out of it, still no clutch, relpaced the master beld the hell out of it again, then i had every gear but first, it would grind big time but after playing with with pedal (pumping it a few times) it seamed to go into gear ok, but now i cant get it into any gears, the car sits , its my project car i bought about 7 months ago so im not drivin it and i dont get y i would be able to put it in gear fine one day but not the next, im thoughts are eather, miss adjusted pedal, shift linkage, or somthin in the trans its self.
ANY input would be great

thanks guys

Hmm sounds like someone beat the hell out of that transmission.
Ok, typically if the car grinds you either are not extending the clutch release fork all the way ( shift fork , throw out fork , etc. ) this could be from various things like you have a leaking hydrolic system via slave or master , shallow pedal depths or your synchros are shot.

If the transmission won't go in gear at either dead or idle or drive then it is most likely shot internals. The gear sliders are probably all broken to shit. All in all , you are still looking at a tranny rebuild.

[project_talon_tsi]

i figured it out , i had to adjust the pedal out about 2- 2-1/2 turns and that did the trick, im not sure y it was not going into gear when the car was off, but since i played with the adjustments it works perfect. i was not sure if that was it at first cause it looks like the guy b 4 me tryed to make a short throw shifter, and i thought the shift selector cables were out of adj. . about how long is a normal shift lever in a 90 tsi? mines about 7 ish. i believe.
thanks for the input guys