So my Miata's gotten some additional character recently. I blame the cold. First, on an intermittent basis, when I go to start the car it behaves as if I haven't pushed the clutch all the way to the floor. Cycling the key off, releasing the clutch pedal, and then going through the motions once more fixes things and it starts right up. How much of a ***** is it to replace a clutch position switch on these cars?
Second piece of character. When I first start driving in the mornings in the cold, the car makes a graunch/kerchak sound shifting into second. Shifting from first to neutral and then to second, there is no noise. I had Jim Ellis change the transmission fluid when I bought the car, don't know what that's worth. I'm about 30,000 miles later, so now it's time to do it again. What's the unobtanium super-fluid I need for my trans, and how much of a pain in the *** is it to do? Can I pretend that it's not synchros going bad?
Second piece of character. When I first start driving in the mornings in the cold, the car makes a graunch/kerchak sound shifting into second. Shifting from first to neutral and then to second, there is no noise. I had Jim Ellis change the transmission fluid when I bought the car, don't know what that's worth. I'm about 30,000 miles later, so now it's time to do it again. What's the unobtanium super-fluid I need for my trans, and how much of a pain in the *** is it to do? Can I pretend that it's not synchros going bad?
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