[QUOTE]Originally posted by josh3io
[B]when i do 1st gear my car inches forward.

 

passleft i'd say try chuck at menlo honda. he's extremely nice and has a great track record w/ guys from the board.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by josh3io
[B]passleft i'd say try chuck at menlo honda.

 

One last odd thing I forgot to mention... The service manager mentioned that there are no syncros for 1st gear, so it could not be a syncro problem... Does that sound right?

 

For what it's worth...

I have a 2001. When the tranny is cold, it sometimes lurches slightly when going from neutral to 1st. Once it's in first it doesn't move forward at all. It's also noticably "notchy" until it warms up. After about 10 minutes of driving the tranny seems to be warmed up and happy--very smooth through all the gears.

It's done this since I got the car in late February. I've always attributed it to the assumption that the transmission just wasn't at it's optimum operational temperature, but after reading all the posts about transmission/clutch problems I'm not so sure.

 

It certainly does NOT sound right. Double-cone synchronizers are used in 1st, 3rd, and 4th gears, plus triple-cone synchronizers for the often used 2nd gear.

No syncro's in first applies to 40 year old British car's, not S2000s.

Any progress to report?

 

I don't know if I have this problem because I already have it in reverse before I even start the car. Maybe you can use this method as a workaround until you get the issue figured out and fixed.

 

My 2001 occasionally lurches forward when going from neutral to 1st, even when the car is warmed up. It has been this way since new and I thought perhaps it was a characteristic of this car. I do not experience problems shifting when cold. The transmission is notchy from 1st to 2nd and sometimes from 2nd to 3rd. I have 9000 miles and it isn't getting any better but not any worse. Is it possible that the springs in the pressure plate are weak preventing the clutch from fully engaging. Could this the problem that is causing the lurching and the notchiness? Just a thought. I have years of experiencing driving manual transmissions so we can rule out driver error and I do not abuse the clutch. Despite the occasional notchiness and lurching I still love the short throws of the transmission. I have learned to deal with its temperment but I hope that it does not get progressively worse over time.


John

 

Of the people with this "problem" does the clutch pedal feel totally normal or is there some slight crunchiness thru the stroke?

 

There was a post somewhere talking about car lurching forward going into 1st, and the fix was to clean the spleen ...... I think.

Run a search with some key words, you should find some detailed explanations.