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I think I found the problem (tranny popping out of gear)

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Old 04-08-2017, 06:38 AM
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In the last week my tranny popped out of sixth and fourth a couple times. Fearing the worst, I did my due diligence and googled the crap out of it, ending up buying new tranny fluid with intent to change it today. When I got under there, I discovered that the fill plug is....missing. So there's probably not much, in any fluid in there.

1. What kind of damage might I have done to the tranny?
2. Need to replace the plug/washer. Any idea what thread pitch it is? Manuals looks like it's 14mm diameter.

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Yikes. Fix that. Also, look at your motor and transmission mounts. They might be toast too
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In the cases I am aware of the failure to stay in gear is an internal shaft problem and is fixed with a transmission repair. I would be surprised that a fluid change or external change would have much affect.
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How about if there's only about a cup of tranny fluid? Cuz that's what came out when I drained it.
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Never tore down an s2k trans, but a broken syncro spring would cause it to pop out of gear. A $5 part. But in your situation, i would be ready to replace all the bearings as well.
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Running almost dry is bad. Depends also how much u drove on it empty. If I wer u I would refill oil and drive cautiously until u don't hear any weird noises. If anything u prob toasted some of the bearings. Iv done my trans.... is easy and cheap to do but labor intensive.
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