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Old 03-20-2009, 05:15 AM
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Does anyone else's 5 speed manual tranny clunk into 1st and 2nd? It's always been clunky for me, but at 12k miles now it seems to be getting worse. Sometimes it won't engage in 2nd, as well, when I'm under WOT hard acceleration. It just misses 2nd and I feel like a douche! lol

Has anyone had a gearbox issue addressed by the dealer?
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Old 03-20-2009, 06:50 AM
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its clunky, its been discussed before, wait for the nst ssk and get their bushings.
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Here you go:
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I just installed the NST bushing kit last week, all problems were solved with the install...
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Thanks, guys. I'm going to try new fluid first, then bushings.
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Yeah the fluid and bushings help a lot. Shes still a clunker though...
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