Re: Late '87 Tercel sedan with 5 speed trans question.

If you feel confidant than you may be able to do it. I know of a guy who had
the same problem in a corolla
he had to lower the box a bit to get the housing off but he did it. All he
had to do was change the bearings at the end of the shafts to fix the
problem.


"Lee Richardson" <mechtech@sigecom.net> wrote in message
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> This car "only" has 115,000 miles and jumps out of 5th gear. All other
> gears and the clutch work fine. Problem has gradually gotten worse until
> now 5th gear cannot be used at all. It will go in, but will jump out
> within a few seconds. I have the factory shop manual, and it looks like
> all the parts relating to 5th gear are on the very back end, or I guess I
> should say driver side end of the tranny. There appears to be a good 6"
> of clearance between the removable cover and the fenderwell. I guess you
> can see where I am going with this, would it be possible to fix this
> problem with the tranny in the car? While I would be capable of pulling
> the tranny, if I did so I would want to replace the friction disc,
> pressure plate, etc, greatly increasing the parts cost and time the car
> would be out of service. I would also have to disturb the axle shafts and
> boots, all of which appear to be in good condition right now, but might
> not survive all the flexing around from being disconnected and
> reinserted..
>
> In the mean time, the little car still gets 32 mpg easy in city/highway
> mix with just 4 speeds. But it is tachin' about 4000 RPM at 70 mph, and
> it would just be nice to have 5 speeds again. The body and interior are
> in great shape, it uses a little oil, but the original variable venturi
> "carb from hell" even works fine on this one.
>
> Lee Richardson
> Mech-Tech
> Evansville, Indiana
>[/color]

Ray, Nick and Hachi,
Thank You for your replies. I guess my course of action is to first try it
with the tranny in the car, and then when things get too difficult, go ahead
and pull it out. Or I guess I could just get a shift knob with the a
4-speed pattern engraved in it instead of the present 5-speed one and trade
it off.<g> Only kidding.

Thanks again,
Lee Richardson


"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:EJgah.7744$7a2.670@trndny06...[color=blue]
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:39:16 +1000, Nicholas Bourne wrote:
>[color=green]
>> If you feel confidant than you may be able to do it. I know of a guy who
>> had
>> the same problem in a corolla
>> he had to lower the box a bit to get the housing off but he did it. All
>> he
>> had to do was change the bearings at the end of the shafts to fix the
>> problem.[/color]
>
> He was lucky! Usually jumping out of gear is an indication the gears are
> worn.
>
> I can see where worn bearings would cause jumping, but it seems to me it
> would happen in more than one gear.
>
>
> If this fixes it, so much the better!
>
>
>[color=green]
>>
>>
>> "Lee Richardson" <mechtech@sigecom.net> wrote in message
>> news:AuednYTQ-fjBfPXYnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@sigecom.net...[color=darkred]
>>> This car "only" has 115,000 miles and jumps out of 5th gear. All other
>>> gears and the clutch work fine. Problem has gradually gotten worse
>>> until
>>> now 5th gear cannot be used at all. It will go in, but will jump out
>>> within a few seconds. I have the factory shop manual, and it looks like
>>> all the parts relating to 5th gear are on the very back end, or I guess
>>> I
>>> should say driver side end of the tranny. There appears to be a good 6"
>>> of clearance between the removable cover and the fenderwell. I guess
>>> you
>>> can see where I am going with this, would it be possible to fix this
>>> problem with the tranny in the car? While I would be capable of pulling
>>> the tranny, if I did so I would want to replace the friction disc,
>>> pressure plate, etc, greatly increasing the parts cost and time the car
>>> would be out of service. I would also have to disturb the axle shafts
>>> and
>>> boots, all of which appear to be in good condition right now, but might
>>> not survive all the flexing around from being disconnected and
>>> reinserted..
>>>
>>> In the mean time, the little car still gets 32 mpg easy in city/highway
>>> mix with just 4 speeds. But it is tachin' about 4000 RPM at 70 mph, and
>>> it would just be nice to have 5 speeds again. The body and interior are
>>> in great shape, it uses a little oil, but the original variable venturi
>>> "carb from hell" even works fine on this one.
>>>
>>> Lee Richardson
>>> Mech-Tech
>>> Evansville, Indiana
>>>[/color][/color]
>[/color]

"Lee Richardson" <mechtech@sigecom.net> wrote in message
news:6vydnVtVtpM4kPbYnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@sigecom.net...[color=blue]
> Ray, Nick and Hachi,
> Thank You for your replies. I guess my course of action is to first try
> it with the tranny in the car, and then when things get too difficult, go
> ahead and pull it out. Or I guess I could just get a shift knob with the
> a 4-speed pattern engraved in it instead of the present 5-speed one and
> trade it off.<g> Only kidding.
>
> Thanks again,
> Lee Richardson
>[/color]

I've also seen people use bungee cords to keep the shifter in place ;-)
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)