# 2nd gear problems **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [November 17, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280 "2003-11-17T19:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/1 "2003-11-17T19:28:10Z")
dammit its just one thing after the other. i got my car back last week and it ran fine all the way home. it was really cold the next day and i was late for school so i only warmed it up for a minute and then started driving. shifted from 1st to second and let the clutch out. then pop it comes out of gear. so i stop and start again. this times it grinds really bad into second. now for the first 10 minutes before the car warms up it grinds and is really rough into second. i have brand new 75W-90 with lucas stuff in there. my synchro is gone isnt it? anything i can do or must i deal with it/get new tranny? ---
**Author:** ![Black240Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Black240Matt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Black240Matt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/2 "2003-11-17T19:59:47Z")
yea ur synchros are dying, if uve gotten the fluid changed with lucas, i have no suggestions… live iwth it, then replace the tranny, a used tranny is cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Racer\_XTREME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Racer\_XTREME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Racer_XTREME)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/3 "2003-11-17T20:07:17Z")
oh man that sucks, i have a KA24E transmission if you want, all it needs is a new TOB. ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/4 "2003-11-17T20:16:16Z")
yea i think i share your luck with cars. heres my story of owning a 240sx so far. bought the car, needed new rear pads and rotors to certify, so i paid for that. drove around for a week without knowing the rear calipers were seized. fried the brand new pads and rotors. replaced everything. shortly after i decide to go to mr. lube and get my tranny fluid changed. a week later my clutch dies, so i have to drain the brand new fluid and replace my clutch. put new fluid in, now my synchros are done, so i have to drain fluid, get a new tranny. hmm i wonder whats gonna happen next… ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_N\_SourSauce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sweet_n_soursauce/32/5490_2.png) [@Sweet\_N\_SourSauce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sweet_N_SourSauce)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/5 "2003-11-17T22:01:43Z")
welcome to the lovely world of 240sx ownership, where all good days turn sour. similar story, wheel barings, rotors, ebrake, rockers. Get it all nice. Mufler goes, then the whole exhaust. Then the tranny. And then i run my moms damn van into the side of it. 100s of hours on bodywork all screwed up because somthing dumn. oh did i forget the diff. Man it’s been a fun couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![Black240Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Black240Matt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Black240Matt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/6 "2003-11-18T10:46:45Z")
me to, other then things that needed to be done, people that are complaingin about things like replacing brakes and shit… THEY ARE WEAR PARTS, your car is old, things will need replacing. ---
**Author:** ![Racer\_XTREME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Racer\_XTREME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Racer_XTREME)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/7 "2003-11-18T11:57:00Z")
hey alex did you aciddentally drop the tranny? because syncro’s would start going slowly not this imidiately, well usually. and anyway’s i can sell you my trans if you want, the 24E is the same tranny as the 24DE. ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/8 "2003-11-18T12:43:52Z")
> [@Racer 240sX](#): > > hey alex did you aciddentally drop the tranny? because syncro’s would start going slowly not this imidiately, well usually. > > and anyway’s i can sell you my trans if you want, the 24E is the same tranny as the 24DE. i did drop it but it only fell a few inches and it didnt land too hard. if that broke something then wow im supprised how fragile it is. how many KM’s on the tranny u have? ---
**Author:** ![Racer\_XTREME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Racer\_XTREME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Racer_XTREME)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/9 "2003-11-18T13:02:02Z")
it has 191 but it was shifting good, when i swapped the motor. usual nissanness ---
**Author:** ![boMex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@boMex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boMex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/10 "2003-11-18T14:02:26Z")
Synchros are for wimps. My tranny is really bitchy when the car is cold. I can’t shift without double clutching if the temp is below 0 celsius. Don’t buy a new tranny just learn how to really drive stick LOL ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/11 "2003-11-18T16:11:12Z")
yea i just went for a drive and double clutched into second and third and it works fine. now i just have to get used to doing it. i should’ve known not to granny shift and instead double clutch like i should ---
**Author:** ![polex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@polex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/polex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/12 "2003-11-18T20:33:04Z")
Clutching is for girls, real men power shift. :lol: ---
**Author:** ![boMex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@boMex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boMex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/13 "2003-11-18T21:32:53Z")
Once the car is warmed up it should be easier to shift. Unless, of course, your syncros are **really** shot. ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/14 "2003-11-19T09:08:13Z")
Powershifting uses the clutch :? ---
**Author:** ![polex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@polex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/polex)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/15 "2003-11-19T09:17:29Z")
> [@SHIFT\_SR20DET](#): > > Powershifting uses the clutch :? What? I always thought it was the name for clutchless shifting? Just pop the sucker out of gear, rev-match and pop it (or force it :shock:) back in. ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/16 "2003-11-19T11:49:30Z")
i thought power shifting was keeping ur foot on the gas while your upshifting? ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_N\_SourSauce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sweet_n_soursauce/32/5490_2.png) [@Sweet\_N\_SourSauce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sweet_N_SourSauce)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2nd-gear-problems/80280/17 "2003-11-19T20:22:50Z")
i was always taught that powershifting is clutchless too, weird…