How many here have replaced trannies?

[autoxCLS]

Count me in. On my first replacement. 2nd one is stronger than the first tho.

[SidVicious]

I'm on my second tranny. First one was replaced at about 14K miles. I'm up to 30K miles now and no problems (knock on bowling ball trim wood) so far.

[CaliMike]

Almost 34k on the original tranny. Drained (not flushed) fluid at 15k and 30k. So far so good.

[NightHawkTypeS]

40K on my Third Tranny

1st Went at 30K
2nd Went at 31K
3rd still ok at 40K

[pgatour1]

Awaiting my new one, 26 are on backorder, so I got about a month wait, car is still driveable but once in a while it will have hard shifts or not upshift. Just hoping it holds out till the new tranny gets in.

[TypeSDragoon]

19k - new tranny

[avengerjr]

25k + now...still going well

[GoldTypeS]

31k on original tranny... no problems at all (**knock on wood**)

[iridium130]

15k and still on my first tranny. *knock on wood*

[sleCLeper]

same tranny ....... 70k right now....

i do have a 5spd tho.

my 2nd and 5th gear synchros are going tho

[autoxCLS]

Do you have a 2.2 or a 2.3?

How do you know the syncros are going? Did you RPM match and see if it still grinds?

I recall a Celica GTS I had that would grind... switched to Mobile-1 transmission oil and it fixed it.

BTW - remember that most 5-speed rebuilt trannies leave 5th gear alone - so if you do get a new tranny, get a brand new one or else 5th is likely to still grind.

Originally posted by sleCLeper
same tranny ....... 70k right now....

i do have a 5spd tho.

my 2nd and 5th gear synchros are going tho

[sleCLeper]

Originally posted by autoxCLS
Do you have a 2.2 or a 2.3?

How do you know the syncros are going? Did you RPM match and see if it still grinds?

I recall a Celica GTS I had that would grind... switched to Mobile-1 transmission oil and it fixed it.

BTW - remember that most 5-speed rebuilt trannies leave 5th gear alone - so if you do get a new tranny, get a brand new one or else 5th is likely to still grind.

if you rev match, then that elimintes the use of the synchro's. it might be the MTF going bad because its not as noticeable when the car has been driven for a while.

there is no aftermarket fluid that can be used in the 2.2's because fookin honda had to change the way the tranny was built.

is years previous to 96, all the components were metal, after that years they started to use some plastic components in the tranny to save costs. only honda makes the fuid for the manual trannys becase nobody else wants to take the risk of dishing out money for broken trannys because they didnt get the lubrrication grade right.

[Misfit]

On my third Tranny...

First went @ 22k
Second was immediately bad! (less than 50 miles)
Third still going at 26k... (knocking on fake wood)

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2001 3.2 TL

[avengerjr]

damn misfit, that sux...sorry to hear.

did they ever give you a good reason why?

[Misfit]

Nope no good reason... They did mention that they have seen a "number" of bad trannies... No specific numbers though. Other than that the car's been great and the customer service was better than any other car I've had.

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2001 3.2 TL