Well, a couple of months ago, I started having problems shifting into third. Everytime I wne to third, the gear would grind a little. Then, the grind started getting worse. Now I have to alsmost forse the transmission into second with an ugly grind and third still grinds, but not as bad as second.I usuallay pump the clutch a bunch of times, and it makes no difference. I was told it is the synchronizers by Bounty, J and maybe even you Snitty, but I can't find a decent shop to work on my Jeep. I went to a "transmission shop", and they had me come back a bunch of times because they didn't know if they worked on manual transmissions!!??? I mean this is pretty much the biggest transmission shop in town, and they where not sure if they knew how to work on manual transmissions. It wasn't even a matter of it being a Jeep. The "managers" just didn't want to take a job without each others approval. After a couple of days of coming back and talking to ALL the manager, I finally got them all to approve the inspection of the transmission. The guy tells me it is my clutch without even looking at my Jeep. After I asked him to test drive it, the guy said that the clutch was not the problem, and he didn't know what was wrong with it, but he said "we can start by replacing the clutch, and we will go from there" Needless to say, I was not convinced. I am calling the dealership today and scheduling an appintment so I can get this problem diagnosed and fixed, but I am worried that the dealer is going to be just as clueless about transmissions as these guys where. I don't want to go pay a guy to tell me to simply replace my transmission! Of course that is going to be the easiest thing to do. I jwant to find out what went wrong with my transmission, and if it is a quick fix like the clutch or the slave cyl. , then I can simply just replace that stuff, but if it is in fact the synch., then I should look for a good used transmission. Let me know if you all think it is not the synch. and you recomend something else.-Al
