Shifting problems with a mr2 trans and 7th gen short shifter Options

[supershannon77]

Hey everyone one I hope someone can help me. I recently bought Rjb23's car and I beleive he has the 7th gen short shifter and mr2 tans w/o lsd. The shifter feels much stiffer than othe car but thats not the problem. The shifter will be reall stiff but then it will get really lose and if you go into a gear in will be in a completely different gear...You can be driving and when your in first its like ur in 3rd or you will wan to shift into 3rd but it will be a downshift...this only happens when the shifter gets really lose. The only thing I did was pick up the car in Kentucky and drive it to new jersey which it like a 12 hr drive and havent really driving it much...I am a lil worried becaue when this happens the clucth smokes a lil and you can smell it..Does anyone no what this could be and how bad it is or how hard it is to fix...Thank you. O he said the car also has a stage 2 clutch..Thanks again ~shannon

This post has been edited by supershannon77: Mar 10, 2007 - 2:24 PM

[lagos]

shannon ...i got your pm on ctech, so ill just reply to it here.

you should ask the last seller what shifter cables he used when he did the swap. if the car started out as an ST, and he kept the stock shifter cables, then that might be the issue. i remember a few guys here with that same trans having a similar issues. besides that, just wait for some guys who have that tranny to post their replies. they will probably have more tips for you.