Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
With ambient temperatures hitting the freezing mark lately, the synchros in Mirage #3 are REALLY becoming irritating. This trans is in the worst condition of any I've ever owned in about 35 crapbox manual cars.

After a cold start, 2nd gear is very difficult to get, even with double-clutching. 1st and 3rd are occasionally slightly problematic too.

I've tried triple & quadruple shifting, but by the time I've successfully shifted, the car is going too slow to use 2nd gear any more!

Because it's so temperature sensitive, I'm wishing I could get Redline Manual Trans Lube (MTL) here in Canada, but it's just not available. Need thinner oil. And a transmission heater.

That'll teach me for buying a car someone learned to (tried to) drive stick on!


I just did my manual service change to Red line, didn't make much difference, unfortunately. The 1-2 synchro is clearly my issue. It remains hard to shift into 2nd when cold, but when the transaxle warms up it works. Going to keep driving it til it breaks or I sell it. In a summer month, of course.