Manual Guys inside please....

[96 T-Top Bird]

Well this is my first manual car. So i'm not sure if these things are normal, so what do you think?

1) Sometimes when i'm slowing down i pull the gear out, then right before i stop the light turns green so i put the gear back in and i hear a "thump" come from the back end. Is that the gears re-aligning? Also happens sometimes when i'm at a stop, then push the clutch in, put it in first, i hear the same thump, sometimes it does it sometimes it doesnt? Normal?

2) Getting it in reverse is a B*tch. Sometimes it falls into place sometimes it doesnt. Sometimes it feels like its in, but as soon as i start giving it gas and letting out the clutch, i hear it grinding! Is that normal?

3) Do you have to put the car in a gear first THEN switch it into Reverse? I cannot just go STRAIGHT to reverse w/out putting it into some sort of gear. (I heard that reverse doesnt have a syncro?)

Any ideas guys? Maybe its just me, but i dont think its supposed to make so much noise.

[Riles]

1.) The only time I've heard a thump coming from the back end was when I had a loose transmission mount. I don't have what you have when shifting like that.

2. and 3.) Reverse on our transmissions sucks. I always go into fifth then reverse while holding the clutch in. I just had the transmission repaired last week, and its still a problem, so its a design flaw, not a problem with my tranny. I guess thats what you get when you have a sucky transmission. Lol.

[96 T-Top Bird]

Now is there a way i can check the tranny mount myself? Or should i just take it to the dealer (still under warrenty)

Dont remind me of the sucky trans!

I drove a porsche boxter a few months ago, the gears just FELL into place as if i wasnt even trying! the SMOOTHEST shifting i have ever felt, i got in my car and thought something was going to fall apart [img]smile.gif[/img]

[F1GT]

I think you are referring to the driveline clunk as a "thump". Even the auto magazines made reference to that. I've had that since day one, so it's normal. Though, it's a lot more pronounce nowadays.....

As with the reverse, it's just missing a synchro for reverse. Just push it into fifth and then reverse. It was the same with my previous car, BerettaGT.
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[Seppo Kaitainen]

If all you have to do to get it in reverse is 5th then rev consider yourself lucky. I have to go 2nd, 5th, then reverse most of the time.

But don't worry, it becomes a habit and you'll start doing it w/o even thinking about it.

[Distephano]

Yep, its just our Reverse doesn't have Synchros. You have to hit another gear first, to stop things from turning.

[Equis]

heh, you guys are lucky...mine pops outta reverse constantly!!! so stop your complainin ;)

[black98V6]

I wouldn't worry about the tranny mount if it was broke you'd know it, the shifter would be all over the place, espicially when you take off in first from a standstill..

as far as that cluck I have always figured it was just our sucky torque arm mounts and all the soft bushings in the back..

[Distephano]

Oh yeah, the clunk. Pretty much, the only thing you can do to keep that from happening is to let your cluch in really slow [img]smile.gif[/img] Otherwise, clunk