A230 Linkage Up or Down?
I've been having some woes with my tranny lately. It's hard to get into second gear at almost any RPM. If I'm sitting in the driveway it'll row through the gears no problem. Usually, if I'm just cruising around 2nd will only give me a little bit of trouble. If I'm hitting it hard (most of the time) 2nd won't have it, and it'll take a few seconds for it to go in. Once in a great while third won't like it either. First doesn't happen either unless i'm only going like 5mph, and that's pretty hard too. The tranny doesn't ever grind or pop out of gear.
At first, I thought it could be the shifter as I had the original Inland shifter attached. I just installed a NOS hurst a couple days ago and it didn't fix the problem.
I have a hard time thinking it's a syncro because I just had the transmission rebuilt (kind of, put 2 bad trannies together to make one good one), and the mechanic said everything looked fairly good!
I don't think it's the tranny fluid being too cold because I'd drive it for over 30mins and it still wouldn't like 2nd, although sometimes it does get ever so slightly better. I'm running 80w-90 gear oil. Although I've been reading that people have been having problems with this. I may try ATF or Pennzoil Syncromesh.
I just thought of something while I was sitting at my desk. Would it matter if my linkage tabs or up or down? Here is a picture of my transmission with the tabs down. I can't remember if I actually installed it that way or not, nor do I remember if I had this 2nd gear problem before the rebuild (it's been a long time). In short: as the transmission sits in the car now, the shifting tabs are OPPOSITE of the picture, as in up instead of down. Would this make a difference, and which way should they be?
Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading my short novel :)
I've been having some woes with my tranny lately. It's hard to get into second gear at almost any RPM. If I'm sitting in the driveway it'll row through the gears no problem. Usually, if I'm just cruising around 2nd will only give me a little bit of trouble. If I'm hitting it hard (most of the time) 2nd won't have it, and it'll take a few seconds for it to go in. Once in a great while third won't like it either. First doesn't happen either unless i'm only going like 5mph, and that's pretty hard too. The tranny doesn't ever grind or pop out of gear.
At first, I thought it could be the shifter as I had the original Inland shifter attached. I just installed a NOS hurst a couple days ago and it didn't fix the problem.
I have a hard time thinking it's a syncro because I just had the transmission rebuilt (kind of, put 2 bad trannies together to make one good one), and the mechanic said everything looked fairly good!
I don't think it's the tranny fluid being too cold because I'd drive it for over 30mins and it still wouldn't like 2nd, although sometimes it does get ever so slightly better. I'm running 80w-90 gear oil. Although I've been reading that people have been having problems with this. I may try ATF or Pennzoil Syncromesh.
I just thought of something while I was sitting at my desk. Would it matter if my linkage tabs or up or down? Here is a picture of my transmission with the tabs down. I can't remember if I actually installed it that way or not, nor do I remember if I had this 2nd gear problem before the rebuild (it's been a long time). In short: as the transmission sits in the car now, the shifting tabs are OPPOSITE of the picture, as in up instead of down. Would this make a difference, and which way should they be?
Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading my short novel :)
