Hi folks.
My 5 speed Prado has actually been very good to me so far, but as soon as I decided to sell it for a more dedicated wheeling rig, wouldn't you know but it started giving me tranny problems. I'm not very experienced with manual trannies in general, so I'm a bit in the dark as to what could be the problem. I sincerely hope that it's a cheap fix, as funds are currently very tight.
It has never been the best shifting transmission - it often gave me troubles shifting into reverse. It would grind a bit, even with the clutch fully depressed, before engaging the gear. Occasionally I would have the same problem with first gear.
Recently, fourth gear has been giving me headaches. It started with an occasional fourth gear grind, with clutch depressed, but a second attempt at shifting would be successful. As the problem developed, especially when the truck was at temperature, fourth would engage but knock itself out of gear if I didn't hold the lever in position when I disengaged the clutch. Now it seems fourth will only grind, and won't engage at all, and third is starting to give me troubles too.
The clutch fluid looks to be at a normal level. The truck has 90k kms.
Could any of this be a factor? I hope it's the clutch rather than the tranny - and as these problems seem to happen when the clutch is depressed, I would assume it is.
My 5 speed Prado has actually been very good to me so far, but as soon as I decided to sell it for a more dedicated wheeling rig, wouldn't you know but it started giving me tranny problems. I'm not very experienced with manual trannies in general, so I'm a bit in the dark as to what could be the problem. I sincerely hope that it's a cheap fix, as funds are currently very tight.
It has never been the best shifting transmission - it often gave me troubles shifting into reverse. It would grind a bit, even with the clutch fully depressed, before engaging the gear. Occasionally I would have the same problem with first gear.
Recently, fourth gear has been giving me headaches. It started with an occasional fourth gear grind, with clutch depressed, but a second attempt at shifting would be successful. As the problem developed, especially when the truck was at temperature, fourth would engage but knock itself out of gear if I didn't hold the lever in position when I disengaged the clutch. Now it seems fourth will only grind, and won't engage at all, and third is starting to give me troubles too.
The clutch fluid looks to be at a normal level. The truck has 90k kms.
Could any of this be a factor? I hope it's the clutch rather than the tranny - and as these problems seem to happen when the clutch is depressed, I would assume it is.
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