Crunchy shifter

[Elu]

Sorry if this has been answered, but I couldn't find anything in the search.

I have an intermitent crunch problem. I don't know if I'm being overly sensitive about the car but if there is an issue that could potentially be bad, I need to know.

The car goes into gear fine, however sometimes while I'm shifting from first to second and second to third I feel a small crunch. It still goes in fine, it's almost like it clicks into place and it never did that before. Sometimes it doesn't do it at all. I see it mostly driving under normal conditions. When I drive at higher rpm's and shift I don't feel the crunch.

It has always crunched from second to third if I didn't get the exact timing right on the shift....

Is there an adjustment I need to make? I just replaced the clutch cable last year and the petal works fine. It does the same thing whether I push it all the way to the floor or only halfway down. What else could it be?

[Elu]

afternoon bump

[Dirty Marty]

Elu,

If it isn't a horrible "KKKKKKKEEEEHHHHKKKK" sound associated with bad sychros in the trany, the first thing that I'd look at is the shifter bushings at the base of the stick as well as the rod housing and back to the swivel union. The bushings may be worn or one of them may be gone or for that matter the swivel has small bushings in it as well. When you get the "perfect" alignment you may have no crunch sound but on the other hand if one of them gets shifted in its location you may have that sound intermittenly...............Cheap fix, order a bushing set and swivel. If that doesn't make the sound go away it's your trany saying I need a rebuild soon

Good Luck,

Dirty Marty

[randywebb]

As long as it doesn't snap, crackle or pop ....

I might do some extended maint. items just to be sure - see above - I'd a shifter tuneup, and replace all bushings + rear coupler. Also change to new gear oil - & maybe get it tested at a lab to see if any metals are showing real high.