Hows it going guys, long time lurker decided to make an account..
Just under 2 weeks ago i got a new excedy twin plate pull-type put into my car (93 BNR32) I also got new transmission & transfer case fluid's. I asked my mech to put in redline, but due to the un-availability of it he put in a motul oil. The first night i picked up the car the clutch was quite noisy when cold and got a bit better when warm, i also found that 2nd gear was crunching and so was 4th (4th used to only crunch when driven hard and changed into at over 80). I also found that the car off the line would really struggle to move unless i rode the clutch a bit (1200-1400rpm) ... I rang my mech in search of answers, he told me that it was a new clutch and that once the necessary 500km's are driven to wear it in, it should all level itself out..
Week and a bit has past and i travelled the 500km, last night i took it for a quick spin.... I then decided to give it a quick squirt 1st into 2nd.. i noticed that it was terribly rough and could feel 3 very quick gear box shudders before it took of in 2nd, i tried it again and the same thing happened. I then decided to shift slower and much more deliberately into 2nd and it worked fine...
Today i took it for another drive to the shops, no hard driving.. and noticed on start up the knock went to 18... i've never had knock go over 1 on start up before... It was also a pain in the ass to start moving from stationary and was making all kinds of noises.
So atm just waiting for my mech to open again so i can give him a call..
I have a feeling that somehow the box was not put back in properly or the clutch isn't balanced... pretty new to all this, but i do remember the mech telling me he hadn't done a pull type clutch in quite some time, i have a sneaky suspision that it may have been a rush job.... Car was in the shops for 2 weeks, Majority of that time was waiting for late parts... Most of the work was carried out in 1 day, so i dunno..
Anyone have ideas on what could be wrong and what would be the best way to approach my mech about all this?
merry chrismas