JDee
Ancient Racer
Did a track day two weeks ago and twice I got locked out of 4th on 3-4 upshifts. I felt it was probably rust on the driver since I hadn't driven the car in anger since last October.
But today I found it was not me but something with the trans or shifter. I can get 4th gear on a downshift from 5th on every attempt, but on 3-4 upshifts as often as not I get locked out and catch either 2nd or 6th. I can't even feel the gate for 4th when it does this. It does not do it for a few laps, so I am guessing heat has something to do with it. There are no weird noises or anything coming from the trans that I can detect, though that's difficult due to the general noise level a gutted car has and all the driveline noise from using solid bushings.
Does this sound like something stemming from the crappy stock shifter (which up until now I was able to live quite well with) or does it sound like something internal to the gearbox? Anyone ever experience anything like this and if so what was the fix? I need to get this fixed before next track day on July 10th.
But today I found it was not me but something with the trans or shifter. I can get 4th gear on a downshift from 5th on every attempt, but on 3-4 upshifts as often as not I get locked out and catch either 2nd or 6th. I can't even feel the gate for 4th when it does this. It does not do it for a few laps, so I am guessing heat has something to do with it. There are no weird noises or anything coming from the trans that I can detect, though that's difficult due to the general noise level a gutted car has and all the driveline noise from using solid bushings.
Does this sound like something stemming from the crappy stock shifter (which up until now I was able to live quite well with) or does it sound like something internal to the gearbox? Anyone ever experience anything like this and if so what was the fix? I need to get this fixed before next track day on July 10th.