kidwithayj
12-22-2005, 10:31 PM
A little back story
I bought the Jeep with 52000 miles on it. I drove it off the lot and made it about 2 miles before the transmission lost 1,2, and 5th gears. Mr Trasmission had the Jeep off and on for two and a half months because they kept doing crap work.
At 78000 miles I lost 5th gear, no pow, no bang, just went to put it in and nothing. With the help of a friend I tore the tranny apart and found that the c-clip holding 5th gear in place on the rail had broken allowing the gear to slide on the rail eventually getting eaten up. I paid ~$100 for used gears and put them in. It worked fine except for some (a lot) of whining while the Jeep was in neutral with the clutch out and occasionally popping out of 5th with no load on it.
Tonight while driving I was in fifth gear and it all of a sudden dropped out. All other gears work fine and even the whining at neutral has stopped.
What are my choices? If it is the same problem as before or something similar I can take care of it. I can pay the $100 for used gears or I believe the quote for new gears jumped up towards $300. I could get a reman for slightly more. However, I was planning on swapping out the transmission eventually and I have a 23 spline Dana 300 transfer case sitting in the shed that I could put on an adapted transmission.
What do you all suggest for a poor college student with about $1000 MAX to spend?
I bought the Jeep with 52000 miles on it. I drove it off the lot and made it about 2 miles before the transmission lost 1,2, and 5th gears. Mr Trasmission had the Jeep off and on for two and a half months because they kept doing crap work.
At 78000 miles I lost 5th gear, no pow, no bang, just went to put it in and nothing. With the help of a friend I tore the tranny apart and found that the c-clip holding 5th gear in place on the rail had broken allowing the gear to slide on the rail eventually getting eaten up. I paid ~$100 for used gears and put them in. It worked fine except for some (a lot) of whining while the Jeep was in neutral with the clutch out and occasionally popping out of 5th with no load on it.
Tonight while driving I was in fifth gear and it all of a sudden dropped out. All other gears work fine and even the whining at neutral has stopped.
What are my choices? If it is the same problem as before or something similar I can take care of it. I can pay the $100 for used gears or I believe the quote for new gears jumped up towards $300. I could get a reman for slightly more. However, I was planning on swapping out the transmission eventually and I have a 23 spline Dana 300 transfer case sitting in the shed that I could put on an adapted transmission.
What do you all suggest for a poor college student with about $1000 MAX to spend?