TheBlackDragon

i have a 94 3.4L...ive had a problem for about 3 months now. I spent 900 bucks on my transmission...fixed some gears and that stuff...but when i drove my car for a good 5 minutes it gets hard to put into gear. 1st gear is the hardest and i always grind in reverse. i find it a little easier to go to 4th and then to reverse but still it grinds. i dont think im getting enough clutch. i just went out and bought a new master cylinder for the clutch. ive tried bleeding the line too...thinking that there might be some air in it...i got some bubbles but not much...any suggestions or do u think its the master cylinder?

archemedes

reverse is normal to grind since it doesn't have synchros, has it done it since it was fixed? if so it may not have been fixed right. It could be the slave cylinder, but I wouldn't start there becasue of the prior work.How does it shift with engine off, any binding?If so that eliminates clutch

TheBlackDragon

ok...well i read something about taking the restrictor out of something...so we did that...i ordered the new master cylinder, getting that today. i know that reverse doesnt have any syncros, but it is way worse then it was ...i mean i cant get it into reverse without it grinding like crazy. since right now my car is basically torn apart, and there is no clutch right now i cant check to see if there is binding. and we have already checked the slave cylinder. idk we shall see by tonight. thanks

archemedes

I wouldn't count on that fixing it (you may get lucky) throwing parts at it until it works does 2 things frustrates you and costs a ton of money

TheBlackDragon

problem not solved...matter of fact its worse...now time to replace the whole clutch! **** this to hell...after this my car is up for sale.

archemedes

take it to the guy who did the trans work, I bet he screwed it up. You always start at teh last thing done

TheBlackDragon

its not the transmission tho...i dont think it can be...before i got my transmission fixed, it was doing the same thing that its doing now...so i think that eliminates the transmission...its has to be the **** clutch. ahhhhhhhh...now i can't take my car up to school because i leave in 2 days.

archemedes

if it's teh clutch was it adjusted correctly to start with? did you get a quality one, or the parts store brand?

97z2801ss

archs right again, never throw parts at a car just a waste of time and money and it pisses u off if it dont get fixed...If the trans was redone then I would start to think the clutch but it also could be that something mite not alighn right.

TheBlackDragon

yea im just finding that out now! it just has to be the clutch though. I don't know what else to do besides replace the clutch...

97z2801ss

If its not the clutch, Ill bet u something miss aligned, check ure fluid too, i know its obvious but it could come from low fluid or lack of.

archemedes

if the trans input shaft isn't straight (I have seen a couple that were bet) it won't let teh clutch disengage

TheBlackDragon

all fluids are full. ive bled the lines. im gunna look into the input shaft. it's just making me mad cus i leave tomorro and my problem isnt solved so now i can't bring my car up to college. ******!

97z2801ss

come back and get it when you have time man.

TheBlackDragon

the trans input shaft was replaced when the transmission was rebuilt so thats not it. i think that the only solution is the clutch.