SlipperySlope wrote:
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> The 3rd gear synchro died FAST on my Toyota sedan and believe me I'm a quarter
> century experienced driver with a clutch and I tried every bag in the book to get
> the sonofabitch to go into 3rd when she was dying...... bitch wasn't gonna go in
> with that synchro dying......and I was left revving up on 2nd then bogging on
> 4th..... till I bit the bullet and got the replacement tranny.....

I know what you mean. A cold quick shift from first to second would
beat the syncros almost every time - and the '77 Corolla hadn't even
reached 180k miles yet!
all the other gears were OK, though

Midlant