I "HAD" a 5 speed tranny in my 1994 Laguna Blue SVX. It was put in by Small Car for the previous owner. He drove it ~ 5K and I have driven it ~ 4K. From my records, it has not had over 10 K on it after the 5 speed was put in. I don't think it was ever right. Dorian had some vibration problems and had some noises which were passed off as the louder noise of the heavy duty grears that were installed. It continued to vibrate some and I had Brian drive it and he said that it shouldn't do that. I drove it home and it got worse, so I didn't drive it any more until I drove it down to him to have checked out.
Today on of the guys there called and said that the tranny was dead. I still don't have all of the details, but I think that the back drive line was out of alignment and when the back bearings went, it got the rest of the tranny.
Do any of you have any ideas what else might have made this thing go south? This is no better than an automatic if this is the service that you get out of a 5 speed. It looks like it may be $3,500 to get this thing repaired! I will talk to Brian and find out if there is anything he can do for me. Just wanted to see if there were any ideas on this situation.
Thanks in advance!