Gremlins live in my 5 Speed!!! (or something's wrong with it)
My Izzuzu 5 speed does the oddest thing. I can upshift just fine, but when I want to downshift from 5th or 4th into 3rd, it will not shift unless I move the shifter all the way over and just lightly up or down (as if I was going to 1st or 2nd) then move it back over and up into 3rd. I can downshift into any gear (even from 5th to 2nd @ 60mph) except 3rd without any trouble. It doesn't seem like a bad syncro since it upshifts ok, and when I replaced a broken shifter cable I adjusted the cable lash acording to a Haynes manual. I'm begining to think the manual was possibly wrong becuase it said to adjust the lash while in first, and the alignment holes lined up a lot better in neutral. If anyone has any ideas please share.
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Wanted to buy:
86-88 Fiero GT, 5 speed, fixer-upper. Blown motor, no motor? No problem! Rusty unibodies need not apply.
74-79 Ramcharger or 100, slant or no motor - not interested in v8 - Overdrive 4 is a big plus, NO hopeless rust buckets!!! 
3Rd gen F body floor pans/camaro door skin (L)
 Why is it I see so many "Proud to be an American" bumper stickers on the backs of cars made in Japan or Korea??????
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05-07-2004, 11:20 AM
