After talking with my Transmission repair man, his opinion is that someone ran the 5 speed manual Transmission without oil and there is a very loud wine coming from the transmission in 1, 2, 3, and 5th gears. Because of the number of hours spend flying prop aircraft over the years, the wine is a frequency I cannot hear. To me it is just noise.
Now all gears are working but in my opinion it is just a matter of time before things start going south. Now for my questions:
1. I have access to a spare 5 speed manual transmission from a 1.6L Geo Tracker that is a 2WD. Is it possible to put both of them together to create one good 4WD 5 speed manual??
2. I have found a 99 to 05 Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.5L 4WD manual transmission at a reasonable price. Of course this mated to the V6 Suzuki engine not the 2.0 L straight 4. Would this transmission mate to my 2.0 L engine.
One last question:
What would be involved with swapping the 5 speed manual with an automatic? I seem to be able to find lots of Automatics out there for 4WD.
I need to resolve what I want to do about the transmission before seriously tackle the 4WD & indicator lights not functioning.
Joseph