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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
I remembered the no-brainer while driving home tonight. Bleed your system to make sure it isn't just air taking up travel!
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So I went out for a pretty long drive last night. After it was really warmed up, it was behaving pretty well, but it was just around town driving. May be a little different at freeway speeds. I also met up with a local FRS owner and drove his car, his transmission really felt perfect in comparison. His climate control wasn't behaving that differently from mine either. I may have just been remembering wrong; either that or mine has started working since. who knows.
I did some experiments with the clutch. I think it's totally disengaged anywhere less than 1.5inches from the floor, pretty generous amount of room. I could lift it up an inch, and slide it into first, then take it out without moving my foot, and then slide it back in and it would still be lined up and not spinning, meaning its still totally disengaged. so I think it's probably adjusted just fine. I think I could have gotten away with higher. if I wanted to move forward, it was about 1.5 inches that I had to be at to feel it start to grab. Just didn't see the sense in sitting there trying to grind my transmission in the parking lot, seemed silly. It was still skipping two or three teeth going into 5th almost every time, and once in a while it was still skipping a tooth or two going into 2nd, but it was significantly better.
So I guess the take away is this transmission is ridiculously cranky when its cold and still skips a few going in? I'll still try the clutch adjustment, maybe do a bleed in the spring but idk if anything will change. We'll just have to see.