well i got a 98 neon rt and all gears shift fine except for 3rd,when i put it in 3rd it scratches before stickin into 3rd,would you know whats wrong ?

 

obviously something's up with the transmission. easiest fix? take it to a shop and tell them exactly what's happening.

 

yeah i kinda figured that,it would only go in 3rd smooth if tha rpm's drop then puttin it in 3rd is no problem

 

Bad syncros (sp), bring it to a shop.

 

how much in price you think that can get fixed for?

 

I would have the trans rebuilt. If you bring it to a shop they will take it out, rebuild, and put it back in for about $800 -$1000. If you can do it yourself, either goto the junk yard and pick one up for maybe $300, or get it rebuilt for about the same.

 

so theres no way of just replacin that part?[&:] dammit i wanted to do other things wit my taxes

 

I know a lot about cars and I won't mess with the inside of a trans. I am sure that you could get the parts and do it, but I would only recomend it if you know what you are doing, its gonna be a lot more expensive to bring a trans in pieces to a shop and say fix this, not to mention embarasing.

 

lol yeah i understand,sheesh how cute for this to happen lol

 

trust me I understand what your talking about, I am on my 3rd clutch from autozone, if it wasn't under warenty and I could just return it I would go somewhere else. Stock one that came with the car lasted almost a year and the car has 140,000 miles on it. 1st replacement- blew up in 2 days, 2nd- lasted a month, 3rd- yet to be seen. I know I am a little hard on the car, but by no means is every shift at redline.