So today around 3-4 pm I got a call from McDonald Mazda......and it made my day. They are fixing my upperintake manifold and my tranny for me. (About freaking time the tranny gets fixed)

For those that don't know last year at the end of August I got a new motor around 24k-25k miles. Well after that I have gotten several CEL's, mainly random missfires. Since then I have had the coils replaced twice with there being a noticable difference in how the car drove....but yet I still got CEL's. Well a vaccum line recently broke off that goes to the intake manifold behind the throttle body. My suspicion is that this caused the CEL's and random missfires. It was probably cracked a little and finally broke off all the way. I temporarily solved the issue by taping off the leak.

For the tranny.....well I've been complaining about it grinding for over 2 years. Just random grinding. Clutch all the way to the floor and shifting from 1st to 2nd or form 3rd to 2nd. Syncros for ya. Well it has been getting worse and worse and worse. Burt acknowleged the problem but had no techs. Gateway shot down Tim (Huzer21) so I didn't even bother. Don't really like Lakewood so no chance at I was going there. Well I tried Sil Ter and they claim my tranny was all torn up without even checking anything. A week after Burt and 2 Different service managers acknowledged it was syncros. Well I kinda got impatient and decided I cant wait for Burt to get a tech in so tried McDonald to see if I would have the same success as Tim. And I did. I should have the car back Monday when I have time to pick it up after work.

I'm so happy to be able to shift normally again. For it to not be so clunky while shifting and not grinding while trying to pass someone that's doing 10 under the speed limit. The car will be normal....like it was when I first got it. YAY!!! I only hope that since they are only rebuilding it that there will not be any other problems down the line from the metal shavings from grinding so much. I would much prefer that they just did a whole new tranny in there.

Excellent... Nice to know our Mazda shops are getting on board.

Congrats on getting those two things fixed. I was impressed with the turnaround time on the tranny, 3 days...dropped it off on a Tuesday evening, and I drove it home Friday morning. It's amazing to have a properly functioning transmission.

I'm jealous! I still have noise into 2nd and 3rd. LOL. I guess I'm finally going to have to take my spare trans to a shop and have it built.

congrads

Congrats Jimmy!

Congrats Jimmy. Did you tranny grind when you downshifted into 2nd all the time or did it start out just at a certain speed? Mines started grinding when i down shift at about 40Mph give or take.

Army RX8 wrote:Congrats Jimmy. Did you tranny grind when you downshifted into 2nd all the time or did it start out just at a certain speed? Mines started grinding when i down shift at about 40Mph give or take.

at first it started randomly on up and down shift into second. just whenever it wanted to. this spring and summer up shits started gpto occurr more often. then downshifts at anything above 35mph ewas impossible 99% if the time. it started to get worse and i could be doing 25 and itd still grind on the 3 -2 shift.

update yall. the car is done. I just got home from Golden and am heading to McD's with my sis to pick it up then back to work I go. Yeeee Hawwww. /i'm so looking forward to driving it.

cool can't wait to hear ther verdict

Great News Jimmy.
Its been an agonizing ordeal.
Glad to hear its over and that you're smiling behind the wheel again.
ZOOM ZOOM

Glad to hear... Too bad you 8 guys have to go through this.

The Verdict.....Meh the job got done quick.....after driving it from McDonald back to Golden I was exited and happy. After starting it up a couple times after work driving from place to place I noticed it feels a lot nicer but still notchy. Starting up the car is really a pain. I have to hold the key and crank for a while. Happend everytime I went to start it. I thought it was cause I was low on gas but after I filled up and drove to about 4 different places the same thing. hmmm.....gotta go back on monday.

Before I compain about the notchyness though I would like to drive another 8 to compaer to. Preferably one that has the same work done......*#cough#* TIM*#cough#8.....Please.....?

Sure, just let me know when. Question, is the notchiness still there after the car warms up? Mine is a little bit when cold, but gets better. I'm thinking of swapping the fluid.

You guys should drive a rotary with a 26 year old tranny....LOL!! I'll trade ya!