Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Transaxle 98 CSVT 3rd gear synchro fubar

If he's planning to drive the CSVT for two weeks while he has a life and needs time to figure how/where/who will drop his transaxle to ship it to Terry Haines for the LSD he wants to have installed anyway (regardless of whether he goes NA r turbo 3L) and though he will/should get the synchro upgraded by Terry when he does that, how about the guy puts in the fresh fluid for that few weeks. If it reduces the grind, he won't feel as much need to use a rental or a beater in the meantime. Yes, he'll still need a different car while TH has his trans. OK, there is a remote short term tragedy risk to the blocker. Both perspectives have valid points. This does not have to be a federal case over a blocker, though parking the car immediately is a technically correct ideal course of action. I figure you're both right but it's up to poster/owner to decide if his pragmatic/logistic priorities make things lean one way over the other for him.

On a different topic, start figuring out what you want done with your transaxle mounts/anti-roll resistors. When I had my transaxle dropped out, it was a near perfect time to install headers, but when you do a 3L swap is perfect for that also (w/ or w/o turbo which itself raises issues of which headers are used). This 'park it/try fresh fluid' is only one of a bunch of options he could be weighing now.