SSpeckerwood
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The Redline oil surpasses all of GM requirements.
Anyone change M/T 6 spd oil yet?
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Must be nice. I was told by a GM Rep that the dealer would do this for me, but they would not guarantee that it would not void the warranty. I have the 1.8 5MT and reverse grinds along with the occasional resistance of the transmission wanting to engage 1st gear without double clutching. GM told me to report back once something serious happens to advise them that I had reported this issue to them in the past so they can provide me further guidance at that time.
J T
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I've been driving MTs for 25 years and I don't know or think I've ever double clutched before (if I have I was completely unaware of it). I just watched a demonstration video of it on youtube and it looked like an odd procedure. What's the point?
Well, that beats my experiences. The dealers around here looked at me like I'm retarded and said Hell no to the whole idea.
J T
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Ah, ok...kind of similar to clutchless shifting, or "synchro-shifting" as my brother called it when he taught me many moons ago.
J T
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My friends are always fascinated when I show them how I can shift without using the clutch.
TheBlueBomber
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I have read somewhere that you are supposed to re tap the threads where the drain plug goes in to the transmission and use a new drain plug any time it is removed? Is this true?
ecohauler
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My friends are always fascinated when I show them how I can shift without using the clutch.
Do what you want, but that puts a lot of stress on your synchros. You will wear them out prematurely if you make a habit of shifting without using the clutch. It's probably fine to do a few times as a trick, but not recommended.
Luv2xlr8
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This may sound weird or some of you guys might of heard of this, in my civics and a lot of us Honda guys, we use GM synchromesh in our trannys. It actually works if you have some grinding issues.
I'm driving an auto so do they have a filter for the 1.8 auto in our Sonics? First auto car I ever owned.
I'm driving an auto so do they have a filter for the 1.8 auto in our Sonics? First auto car I ever owned.
TheBlueBomber
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Really want to put the redline oil in my tranny...have some notchy shifts and I got the 1st to 2nd grind when shifting at 6500 rpm...has anyone posted a diy for the ddm shifter bushings?
sx sonic
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INope. Didn't have to do that on $100k BMWs nor $15k+ sonics........ Well as long as a monkey didn't wrench on it a bugger up the threads...By going gorilla tight or cross threading.
As long as the threads aren't messed up you're "A" O-K
Well said
sx sonic
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As far as making your own?? no.
As for installing? not really but it comes with good instructions (surprisingly good).
TheBlueBomber
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For the install
sx sonic
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I kinda did one a week or so ago in the DDM shifter bushing thread.
here ya go, hope it helps.
I did my install in 11 mins, Start to finish. Of course I knew what needed to come out already.
You can expect to spend 20-30 mins on it. Alls you have to do is pry the shifter boot piece up, then the next piece of trim (pry up at the back and then pull up and towards the rear of the car), finagle a pcs of insulation out, then take a 10mm socket and long extension and remove 4 bolts, use a pair of needle nose pliers and pull out the bolts and "stock rubber bushings" (really long pliers make it super easy),
Set in the new bushings, put the bolts back in, tighten the bolts, and put everything back together.
and most importantly. Enjoy the improved shifter feel, it's way more crisp.
The bushings come with good directions but there's you're readers digest version
TheBlueBomber
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Thanks going to order them now...don't seem to be to hard
TheBlueBomber
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Did my trans fluid today... 2 quarts of Lucas 75-90 full synthetic exactly.. Took like 20 minutes..so easy
