Thread: Now I am having transmission problems...please advise

I am going to put Lucas oil stabilizer in my rear axle assembly.... I hope it will quieten the slight noise I hear when you let off the gas at highway speeds and load the gears the opposite direction... Our resident oil expert out at Dow Chem (where I work)... says that Lucas products help by adding "tackifiers"..... in other words it holds to the gears without slinging off as much.... I am a total believer in Lucas Products

Quote: Originally Posted by 80's old school Well my 5 speed (the one thats acting up) is a 1979 Trans.... My 4 speed is a 1980. Will the tailshaft of the 4 speed fit my FB spare trans?? it might? sometime in late 1980 MY they switched the guts of the SA trans over to the FB guts but kept the SA case, so you can take a late SA trans and put the FB tailhousing on it, without having to do anything else. PJ's post has the vin split,...

Yeah, rev matching can help your stuff last longer. And it makes chicks hot if you do it right. Glad your tranny has decided to behave.

Quote: Originally Posted by 80's old school Thanks for the offer....I have two extra 85 transmissions myself...unfortunately they do not fit the SA22's... Is it possible to swap the tailshafts of the transmissions?

Tranny and Diff are the only parts I've never dissected, outside of changing seals and bushings and such, or swapping complete innards. I tackled an automatic trans rebuild for my 73 satellite once (the car before my -7). Lasted almost 6 months; I just didn't have the tools needed to get it righter.

OS let us know if the mileage on oil consumption improves - and by how much - with the Stop Leak OK? Stu Aull 80GS Alaska

yea, lucas oil products are tacky yet refined

If it's just 2nd gear, wouldn't the real problem be the synchro?

i have a 85 5 speed from a gslse for sale cheap if your interested im in austin and make frequent trips to houston ill throw in a like new re man starter $110

Quote: Originally Posted by 80's old school Dunno about the tailshafts... I tried swapping to Redline MT90.... same thing... Grinding on 2nd gear. I am going to pickup a SA22 5 speed from Mazmax this Friday. Will give that a try. I don't feel like farting around with rebuilding one. Hopefully the one I gets works good. He is giving a 30 day warranty which at least lets me know if it will work right... Do you heel and toe on...