I HAVE A 2005 EVO

 

Either have Jon from TeamRip or John Sheppard from Sheppard racing fix and upgrade your tranny. The rest of your car is fine and once you fix the tranny it will be in perfect order .... You play you pay ..... This is why I don't mod, can't afford it.

 

wat do u do to u r car

 

I know that, but if you really think its a lemon or if its just giving you that many problems get rid of it and purchase a new one. But if you don't have the trust to go with mitsubishi then go with the sti by all means, thats all i mean.

 

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Send it out to TRE ! They are awesome on rebuilds. I would recomend Shepard but last time i called who ever i spoke to was rude and was a jerk so i say take it to TRE. they can fix that tranny like new and do all tsb's also if any.Sounds like that mitsu tech doesnt know what the hell he is doing,what an idiot to put the syncro in upside down.Fight the dealer until its fixed b/c its not your mistake it was their mistake. Dont get an STI, those cars have a lot of problems specially with detonation. Pleanty of guys have blown motors on STI's and the car is not as mod friendly as the Evo. And if you want a fast car, dont count on running 11's on stock turbo on an STI like how you can on an Evo

 

NOLIMIt, where do you put the Redline shockproof gear oil??? in the tranny or transfer case???

 

i had the lightweight and I had them put in the tranny. I've sold to people before and they've used it in the tranny and supposedly loved it. IDK, whatever the case may be I might get a new one or maybe something else, like a g35 or sumthin. IDK yet.

the craziest thing about this is that I originally brought them the car for a small problem in 5th gear and at that time every other gear was perfect. since they've touched it i've had nothing but problems with the rest of the tranny. Its not like I beat my car until it falls apart. I had a slind 5th gear grind and since they've touched it the rest of the tranny has been a POS. I'll update this week when we see what happens

 

What if they just gave you a whole nother frickin' tranny??

It's obvious the morons are too incompetent to repair this one...for God's sake, they put the synchro's in BACKWARDS or something, you said??? WOW....

So yeah.... :/

Good luck, man. :[

 

I want another tranny but I guess they dont want to make that big of a warranty claim. hopefully today they will tell me whats wrong with my tranny

 

Sorry to hear your probs man, hope your dealer comes correct and fixes your tranny.

 

When you get your tranny.....just put stock fluids untill your sure of its operation. Stick with the straight weight 90 GL5 for the transfer....poor t-case, they recieve allot of abuse and they thirst for the right fluids.

To sum up, purchase the tranny from TRE or whoever; then install at the dealer (i hope that they dont screw that up but highly unlikely...they arnt touching in inside of it); then make sure the correct fluids are inserted.....micromanage the whole procedure.

 

well if they approve a new tranny I doubt I'll be able to order one from TRE. I'll have to get a stock one through them

 

OK...have them drop and install the tranny under warranty labor...send yours into TRE for a rebuild. It will cost the "dealership" less doing that way.

Advatages:
1) You get a tranny you know has been looked at and rebuilt with eagle eyes...
2) You could get another mal-assembled (for lack of a better word ) tranny from a pool of Mitsu tranny's out there....so your better off not getting a new one.

 

NOLIM, your dealer sounds like he has a very undertrained tech doing his trans work. It took the tech less than 20 minutes to change my clutch and f/W as I stood and watched while he did the job. My trans was out on his bench since he was in the process of doing the 5th gear syncro TSB so I was not charged a dime for the clutch job (Love my ACT and Fidanza BTW). The fact that the tech admitted to putting a synchro in backwards does not speak well for his skill but does indicate that you are being delt with honestly and earnestly. I would go chat with the service mgr about what your options are at this point. Be mindful that some dealers will not touch a modified car since some mods violate Fed or State regs. BTW I have had a total of three warranty trans jobs on two of my four Mitsus since "00." All turned out OK but I had to exert pressure in one instance. Good luck and I hope you don't give up a great car over a resolvable service problem.

 

the car has been modified since day one and they've worked on it since so they really cant say ****. the service mngr after 4 trips finally says to me"ya know if this is from abuse it wont be covered" I was like "WTF, it was fine in 1-4th when i brought it to you and since then you've destroyed my entire tranny" he swears by his tech guy saying he's rebuilding it perfectly. I really just want a new tranny now