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Occasionally, at a stop, my car (see sig) won't shift into 1st. Usually, I can put it into 2nd, then back into 1st, and it works. Yesterday, it would go, so I had to start out in 2nd. After that, everything was fine, so I assume something just isn't lining up sometimes.
Could getting a tranny flush solve this, or should I just buy a new car
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1997 Camry CE V6 5-speed!
Mods: Whiteline rear sway bar & nice tires.
2009 RAV4 Limited V6 4WD
Mods: nothing you would care about.
Originally posted by kenratboy Occasionally, at a stop, my car (see sig) won't shift into 1st. Usually, I can put it into 2nd, then back into 1st, and it works. Yesterday, it would go, so I had to start out in 2nd. After that, everything was fine, so I assume something just isn't lining up sometimes.
Could getting a tranny flush solve this, or should I just buy a new car
were you rolling through the stop sign?
or a complete stop for a few seconds?
manual transmission has a design protection if the speed reach certain speed, it won't allow you to shift into 1st gear to prevent over rev the engine.
Sounds familiar. Your syncros are shot. Try this. Roll to the stop sign/light and put it in first gear shortly before you stop. It should fall right into place. Now if you come to a complete stop with the tranny in neutral, when the light goes green and you try to put it into first, but it won't go without grinding. I'm sure it is the synchros.
Try some redline MT-90 and that will help. If you want to solve the problem, replace the synchros in the tranny. If not, you just have to deal with holding the clutch in for the duration of the stop.
Try not to shift into first when your car is moving, gearboxes don't like that. If your car is not moving, double clutch and see if it will go in. Def tranny flush will help. Check your clutch while you are in there.
Originally posted by amerikim Try not to shift into first when your car is moving, gearboxes don't like that. If your car is not moving, double clutch and see if it will go in. Def tranny flush will help. Check your clutch while you are in there.
I try not to shift into 1st while moving, but sometimes, I need to (like in traffic, at very low speeds)
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1997 Camry CE V6 5-speed!
Mods: Whiteline rear sway bar & nice tires.
2009 RAV4 Limited V6 4WD
Mods: nothing you would care about.
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