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When I bought my 95 legacy in 2002, the gearshift wouldn't return to
the center position. Every other car I've ever owned will return to a
point exactly in the center of the shift pattern--between third and
fourth. Mine will sit there if you put it there, or if you just pull
it out of second it will stay between first and second. I got used to
it and it doesn't bother me.
However, at 190k miles the transmission was having problems staying in
fourth, and the syncros were slow on second and fifth. So I had a shop
replace the transmission with one out of a crashed car with 120k miles
on it to the tune of 2100 bucks. When I got it back I expected the
gear shift to be normal since I believe that this is an internally
gated transmission. It wasn't though. It behaved the same way. Now I
am at 233k Miles and I am starting to notice some reluctant shifts and
suspect that perhaps they just serviced the transmission, but didn't
actually replace it. So how many other people have a 'broken' shifter?
What are the odds that the other transmission out of a car with 120k
miles on it was also broken in the same way?
Thank you for your input.
Have a good one,
Bill
the center position. Every other car I've ever owned will return to a
point exactly in the center of the shift pattern--between third and
fourth. Mine will sit there if you put it there, or if you just pull
it out of second it will stay between first and second. I got used to
it and it doesn't bother me.
However, at 190k miles the transmission was having problems staying in
fourth, and the syncros were slow on second and fifth. So I had a shop
replace the transmission with one out of a crashed car with 120k miles
on it to the tune of 2100 bucks. When I got it back I expected the
gear shift to be normal since I believe that this is an internally
gated transmission. It wasn't though. It behaved the same way. Now I
am at 233k Miles and I am starting to notice some reluctant shifts and
suspect that perhaps they just serviced the transmission, but didn't
actually replace it. So how many other people have a 'broken' shifter?
What are the odds that the other transmission out of a car with 120k
miles on it was also broken in the same way?
Thank you for your input.
Have a good one,
Bill