HELP!! Hard to put my mx-3 into first gear

[littlemantke]

I just put a dual friction centerforce clutch in my car about a month. Just here in the past three days or so I'm having problems with being able to stick my car into first and reverse..When I finally get it into gear, the gear sets in good and hard. Please help why is it doing this?

[92RedMX3]

How is the petal pressure? Maybe you got air in the line

[tk1138]

Do you let out the clutch between turning it on and putting it into first? If not the synchros can't match the positions.

[littlemantke]

The clutch is pushed all the way to the floor from the time I start the car untill car car is place in gear

[92RedMX3]

Start it then let off the clutch for a brief second, then put it in gear. It will go right in.

[littlemantke]

It's not just when I first start the car it even happens when I'm sitting at a red light or stop sign!!!!!

[Hemer98]

Hey, my friend has the same problem. When he puts it into reverse the car just shoots it out of gear after like three seconds. There is a screw or some type of adjustment that needs to be made. I am not too sure what that is, but hopefully you can take my info and use it, if not then good luck to you.

[majicmike]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by littlemantke:<BR><STRONG>I just put a dual friction centerforce clutch in my car about a month. Just here in the past three days or so I'm having problems with being able to stick my car into first and reverse..When I finally get it into gear, the gear sets in good and hard. Please help why is it doing this? </STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>check your clutch. is it almost worn out? how does the pedal feel? you may need to bleed the clutch line. do you ever grind it instead of find it?

[voltaire]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tk1138:<BR><STRONG>Do you let out the clutch between turning it on and putting it into first? If not the synchros can't match the positions.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Is this true in the GS? all cars? I do this usually but didn't know it was a rule. Also, I never have the problem mentioned above.

[littlemantke]

I think I figured out my problem. A couple of transmission shop told me that we we have what they call a noservice trans mission that basically means that we can't check our trans. level. I then found out that I might have some air in my clutch line and I need to bleed it, so I did and now my clutch is fine. I also learned that our brake resevoir and our clutch resevior are the same thing which is wierd cause I've never seen that before!<p>[ August 26, 2002: Message edited by: littlemantke ]

[tk1138]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by voltaire:<BR><STRONG><P>Is this true in the GS? all cars? I do this usually but didn't know it was a rule. Also, I never have the problem mentioned above.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>For most manuals that you can drive on the road, yes. <P>This site has a lot of good general info on it:<BR><A HREF="http://www.howstuffworks.com/transmission.htm" TARGET=_blank>How Stuff works -Transmisions</A><P>...Glad to hear you got it working.

[white94mx3]

Check your engine mounts, The guy who changed your clutch could have messed them up, or the hard shifting could have broken one. I had the same problem, It would be a Major Pain to put my car into first gear, and it turned out that my front Engine mount was Broken causing the engine and transmission to bend a-bit where they bolt together.