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'91 turbo -- 5sp -- car moves in neutral!
Posted by Jeff Cullen (more from Jeff Cullen) on Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:50:24
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Folks,
A couple of weeks ago, I went with a friend to check out a '91 turbo convertible. Black on tan, ~170,000km, exterior very nice despite two minor collisions throughout the car's life... idled rough, and knocked on even basic boost, but I figured a good tuneup and perhaps new AMM at worst would sort that out.
He bought the car, and within a week, it's doing things I've never seen a 900 do...
Long story short, sitting dead still with the shifter in neutral and the clutch pedal let out, the car tries to move forward just a bit, and makes this awful thrashing sound... it's like the gears are trying to mesh just a bit... getting a gear to engage is a challenge... if you can get it to drive, it feels like there's major resistance in the drivetrain...
Obviously it seems that whatever's wrong is internal to the gearbox, but anyone have any ideas? This gearbox felt fantastic two weeks ago--I've driven tons of C900s and this was up there with the nicest feeling shifts--no weird noises in any gear under any condition... now it's toast.
Any thoughts on what could possibly be wrong in there would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
--jeff
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