My 99 is in the dealership right now getting 3rd gear syncros replaced. Same
problem as yours.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher L Scott <clscott@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 3:11 PM
Subject: DML: Manual tranny troubles
|Over the past few weeks, I have noticed that 3rd gear is getting a little
|more difficult to upshift into on my 94 Dak Sport V6. It seems to be
|developing a tendency to grind and chatter when going in, especially if I
|have run it up above 3000 rpm in 2nd. A couple months ago I changed the
|tranny oil,, putting in Mobil 1 synthetic 75W-90. Might this have
|something to do with the problem? My first reaction was "Oh, s**t, there
|go the synchros. ", (The truck has 61,000 miles), but I was under the
|impression that if the synchros were going, the first indication would be
|difficulty DOWNSHIFTING into that gear from a higher one. I rarely have a
|problem with downshifting, except occasionally when it it seems as if a
|wall is erected at the 3rd gear gate, but only momentarily. This problem
|is really pissing me off as I haven't had the truck long, and I now have
|to be real careful about shifting into 3rd, so speed-shifting is nearly
|impossible. Any ideas. Oh, yeah, I checked the tranny oil today and it
|seems to be seeping around what I guess is the speedometer harness, (it's
|an electrical connection coming out of the back of the tranny on the
|driver's side, maybe it 's something else?) I topped off the oil (it only
|took a small fraction of a quart), but I don't think that little bit could
|be causing the problem. Any ideas and help are appreciated.
| Christopher Scott
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