Manual Transmission Failed Options

[tomazws]

When I got home today, I wanted to reverse park into my stall. I was successfully put into R, but when I slowly release the clutch, the gears grind. Instantly, I stomped on the clutch. Put the gear back into neutral, shifted it back into R, slowly release the clutch, and it grind again. I stepped on the clutch again, put it back into N, and let go of the clutch.

Since I was kinda freaked about going reverse, I wanted to see if I could go forward. Clutch in, gear to 1st, slipped right in with no problem. Slowly I let go of the clutch like I always do, car started shaking! I don't think the engine was chocking since RPM was still hanging at around 1K RPM. Tried several times, clutch was only let go a tiny bit, but something in the engine bay shake like crazy. Eventually, I started smelling the fly wheel burnt cuz I've been just sitting there playing with the clutch. Since I wasn't able to make the car go at 1~1.5K RPM, with no one around to help, I simply just gas it to around 2K, slowly let go of clutch, car slowly go with engine bay shaking like crazy. Gassed it to 2.5K, car really started moving a bit faster, immediately I steered into a parking stall, and yeah.

I don't think I can make it back to the street.


May I ask, all y'all 6gc fellows out there, am I due for a transmission replacement? Or is it just some simple fixes?

[GriffGirl]

Usually replacing it will run you way less than having it rebuilt. I'm not so sure there is a "fixing" - transmissions, I think, either have to be rebuilt or they don't because they work fine. When my (automatic) transmission went out on my 4Runner a few years ago, I was looking at $1750 to get it rebuilt and installed. CRAZY. I wound up finding a place that sold them new, OEM, wholesale. They sold me one for $1k and I put it in myself. (THAT sucked - if you think our transmission is sucky, try replacing one for a 4Runner. Seriously that thing is HUGE!)

It was a TOTAL PITA to do the work, but considering I had NO idea how to do it and knew virtually nothing about cars, it went pretty smoothly and I got it done in a weekend. I'm sure you can do it if you're mechanically inclined.