gear slippage?

[novaboy]

i have an 87 nova 5 speed. in first gear it slips now, and i have to wait a bit and rev it a bit and figure out whats goign on before it gets all regrouped again. its usually when im turning, i almost got hit by a truck. wierd thing is, when it slips, the car revs... and the speedometer goes as if the tires were slipping. (like a tach with the revs) any ideas? i need to get this fixed.

i did add fluid to the clutch fluid, seems i was a bit low, it also didnt seem to help.

[4G63Power]

time for a new clutch

[novaboy]

would that be a symptom of the transaxle oil being low???? maybe something cheap? how much does a new clutch cost?

[hjr]

that sounds exactly like a symptom of a burnt out clutch. sorry dude.

[novaboy]

well that sucks, does anyonwe know why the speedometer would keep working? that struck me as perplexing.

[hjr]

the tranny is spinning, even though the wheels are not. not many modern cars have wheel driven speedo's. most are driven off a gear in the tranny.

[SwitchBlade]

Sounds kinda like my friends integra, he had to get a new tranny.

[hjr]

Originally posted by SwitchBlade
Sounds kinda like my friends integra, he had to get a new tranny. sounds like he got owned...