Manual transmission Fan Club and BS thread (All Generations Welcome)

‘76 Chevy pickup, 3 on the tree. Then a ‘75 Chevy with an SM465.

 

That's what she said.
(I mean, dude...someone had to)

Yeah. I thought it was a little odd at first, but I really like the feel. I like the little lip under the front. You can just flick it down into 4th

 

I think one of my favorite vehicles, if not THE favorite, was my '92 4Runner with the V6 and standard transmission. It had the power back window, leather, and sunroof, etc.
It was an awesome, do everything truck.

 

I started on an '81 VW rabbit, then 72 f100 3 on the tree

 

We had a 1980 diesel Rabbit. 48 - 50 mpg in 1980. Very cool little car, except it just about vibrated itself to death. Had to replace alternator housings and exhaust flex connections frequently.

 

Hehe, glow plugs

 

Also a manual trans

 

Yes, with glow plugs lol...I know of this beast you speak of. Was probably brown

 

Yellow...WITH the Bunny Ears hood ornament still intact.

 

Learned on a 1987 Mr2

 

I learned on a 1974 Chevy 1/2 ton, 3 on the tree

 

Learned on a beat up 1977 Toyota pickup. Keepin it in the family!

 

Learned on a 1984 toyota single cab long bed. Spotless. A tornado killed it in the school parking lot. I have never owned an automatic in my life!

 

Learned stick in a 1965 MG Midget, after me and my high school buddy swapped the motor and tranny from a trashed donor car into a good chassis.

 

Nice Gibson SG...keep that in the fam also

 

Learned on a 1980s Datsun farm truck. All my veicles to date have been stick, the only one that was an automatic, I converted to stick.

 

Hi guys, is there a way to check if 4WD is properly disengaged? My MPGs seem a little lower than normal. I still feel and hear the normal clicks and mild clunking when 4WD goes on and off. Perhaps I'm overthinking things.

 

Try turning sharply on dry pavement. If you're in 4WD, it will fight you.

 

No binding. But I noticed the front drive shaft turn a little less than a 1/4 turn on a 3 mile drive home. is this normal?

 

Your front prop shaft will turn all day when you're driving around in 2WD.