svanlare
12-27-2017, 04:14 PM
Help
I've been logging miles on the car now that it is street legal, and clearing various problems before I move back to finishing the body, doing liners and completing the interior. I figure it is easier to fix things while still relatively easy to pull a panel.
One persistent problem I have not been able to solve is the transmission keeps popping out of 5th gear while running down the freeway. It is 5MT with a stock 2.5 WRX motor and had 80K miles before I got them. I have a k-tuned shifter setup with the linkages running straight back to the transmission. It doesn't seem to happen when the car is cold, but once it happens after 5-10 minutes, it starts to happen frequently. So far when that starts to happen I have just driven in 4th from there and usually pull off the freeway and take surface streets. I have no idea if this was a problem before when the driveline was in a WRX as I got the parts stripped and delivered in a crate.
All I've done to attempt to fix the problem is adjust the shift linkages. That didn't seem make any difference.
The fluid reads high, but when I filled the transmission, I put the car on a slant (to make the transmission level), and then when the car is level the dipstick reads high. I am going to drain the transmission and fill again as the next easy step.
After that, I'm at a loss on what to check, and would love suggestions. Clearly synchros could be a the problem, but I assume the donor car would have been in the shop to repair if the problem was this obvious then, so I'm thinking it is far more likely that something I have done isn't right. But then I'm really hoping the fix is OUTSIDE the transmission so I don't end up having to get another one.
I've been logging miles on the car now that it is street legal, and clearing various problems before I move back to finishing the body, doing liners and completing the interior. I figure it is easier to fix things while still relatively easy to pull a panel.
One persistent problem I have not been able to solve is the transmission keeps popping out of 5th gear while running down the freeway. It is 5MT with a stock 2.5 WRX motor and had 80K miles before I got them. I have a k-tuned shifter setup with the linkages running straight back to the transmission. It doesn't seem to happen when the car is cold, but once it happens after 5-10 minutes, it starts to happen frequently. So far when that starts to happen I have just driven in 4th from there and usually pull off the freeway and take surface streets. I have no idea if this was a problem before when the driveline was in a WRX as I got the parts stripped and delivered in a crate.
All I've done to attempt to fix the problem is adjust the shift linkages. That didn't seem make any difference.
The fluid reads high, but when I filled the transmission, I put the car on a slant (to make the transmission level), and then when the car is level the dipstick reads high. I am going to drain the transmission and fill again as the next easy step.
After that, I'm at a loss on what to check, and would love suggestions. Clearly synchros could be a the problem, but I assume the donor car would have been in the shop to repair if the problem was this obvious then, so I'm thinking it is far more likely that something I have done isn't right. But then I'm really hoping the fix is OUTSIDE the transmission so I don't end up having to get another one.