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Hi everyone,.
I love my 1980 merak ss but when it gets hot, (within operating tempature buy has been in traffic) the shifting gets progressively worse and becomes very hard to shift 1st - 2nd uinless I double clutch and hit the right rpm's. If I just try to shift It will "crunch". When I first start out, (after warming up the car to operating temp) it shifts fine...but after a lot of driving or especially stop and go/city/town driving the 1st to second shift become very poor. It is taking the fun out of the car as I am a very "fluid" driver and like a smooth, fluid operation.
The transaxle has oil, and the linkage bushings have been replaced. Is this a syncro problem?
What else should I check?
I love my 1980 merak ss but when it gets hot, (within operating tempature buy has been in traffic) the shifting gets progressively worse and becomes very hard to shift 1st - 2nd uinless I double clutch and hit the right rpm's. If I just try to shift It will "crunch". When I first start out, (after warming up the car to operating temp) it shifts fine...but after a lot of driving or especially stop and go/city/town driving the 1st to second shift become very poor. It is taking the fun out of the car as I am a very "fluid" driver and like a smooth, fluid operation.
The transaxle has oil, and the linkage bushings have been replaced. Is this a syncro problem?
What else should I check?