We have this 96/97 eclipse at the shop that im doing a clutch swap on. Its a little confusing with it. According to the sticker is a 2.4. But the valve cover says 2.0, but its the "Dodge" 2.0 DOHC. It looks like the motor has been replaced along with the trans itself. The clutch wasnt working when this person bought the car. I got it all apart and noticed the throw out bearing had really small plastic tabs to hold it onto the fork, but one of the tabs was broken. Looking at the fork more, it looks like this trans takes a different style bearing or its missing something. It has the clutch style where its assembled together and it bolts to a normal flex plate. I dont think this motor is a 2.0 DOHC. We picked up a rear main seal for 2.0 and its a bit smaller than the rear main seal on the motor. We tried a few different kits at the parts store, different motors, different years. More or less lost with the throwout bearing.

Anyone have any insight?

 

Is it turbo or non turbo

 

non-turbo, as I would say it has the 420a motor in ti

 

this is the issue, this is the throwout bearing we get in the kits as you can see its squared on the one end and just has two tiny little plastic prongs



and this is what it should look like I think by looking at the wear marks on the clutch fork

 

if its the 420a i believe the 2.0 neon tranny will bolt up dont quote me on this but i know its possiable... why someone would do ti doesnt make sence... but also the 2.0 valve cover could have been swapped...

 

An NVT 355 Transmission Will NOT bolt up. The NVT350 and 355 bellhousings are quite different. You can, however swap the guts of the 355 in to the 350 bellhousing. 355 gear ratio's are better suited to the 2gnt, especially if a turbo has been added. Also, the Neon 355 uses a non-modular clutch, unlike the 2gnt.

Check 2GNT.com - home for more information.