ok so got this car a while back and everything seemed ok with it, well recently the tranny decided to act up.

heres some info on the car...

91 turbo mr2
gen3 3sgte with LSD tranny
it had a B&M style short shifter with the drop plate when we got it, it has since been replaced with a TRD shifter.
some other goodies that have nothing to do with the problem....

ok so here is the problem...

car will not shift into 3rd,4th, or reverse when car is sitting still either running or not. however if your driving down the road it will shift through the gears just fine, other than reverse cause obviously you cant throw it in reverse while driving down the road....

now we had a friend look at it, and when he removed the shifter cables from the tranny you could shift it into reverse and 4th fine. but stil had a problem with 3rd.

ok so with the shifter cables hooked up sitting still engine off, if you wiggle the shifter back and forth lightly while trying to put it in 3rd, it will fall right in.


ok well thats the rundown of the problem.... now here are the things we have tried....


tried new shifter cables thinking maybe the old ones were stretched or something, swapped out the shifter and removed the drop plate. neither helped nor made the problem worse. gonna check the fluid level in it tomorrow, but thats where i am with it right now...

if anyone has any suggestions or questions please pm me, or feel free to text/call me. i need to get this fixed as its my girls DD car, but she only got to drive it for about 2weeks...

heres my # 863-812-5167 ~Troy

 

updates ? MR2 Owners Club Message Board&#8482

the guy in that thread has two mr2 trannies for sale... im sure that's your problem. he's in ohio, so shipping should be no more than 150 bucks. hope this helps...

 

nope no updates yet. been busy with everything else. will be replacing the clutch master cyl. tomorrow, since that decided to take a poop aswell.

car will most likely be going up for sale once fixed. we cant afford to keep fixing this thing.

 

:O sorry to hear... i know how you feel, i just spun a rod bearing!! gotta pull the motor apart and take it to pieces again. good luck with the future sale

 

Sounds like a combination of bad third gear syncro and bad slave or master cylinder.

 

i got a 93 LSD sitting around

 

i had the same problem with my celicas tranny but only fith and reverse. i adjusted the cables at the point where they are held onto the tranny with the clips i bent one of the clips and held one in with a clamp.lol gutter yes.. Put it back in and it worked. it was a lil stiff at first but it loosen up. i think im missing pieces to the whole assembly. hope that helps. no reverse sucks..

 

car is gone. thanks for the advice guys. traded it off last night for a unuiqe MKIII supra...