T L via CarKB.com wrote:
> first things first, check the fluid level, its beside the brake fluid under
> the hood.
>
> If it smells like its getting hot, its 1 of 2 things:
>
> 1. Its slipping and worn out, unlikely at your mileage
> 2. She did a burnout that made the clutch slip. My brother did this once,
> he was in reverse going about 40KPH, put it in first and let 'er rip. It
> smelled pretty bad for about an hour in the car, but didn't do any permanent
> damage, clutch only got replaced at 200000kms. Moral of the story is that
> you can do that a few times without worry, but a regular practice of that and
> your looking at replacing the clutch. Fun, but expensive.
>

I talked to the daughter at lunch today. First, she did not tell me that
it smelled hot. That was an unrelated incident from somebody else that I
must have misunderstood somehow. Second, I drove it around town for 45
minutes this morning and I think I was able to reproduce the problem one
time.

I was downshifting into a stoplight and felt the gearshift bind as I
tried to pull it into 2nd. To me, it felt as if the synchronizers
weren't quite meshing -- no grinding, just a stiff lever. I lifted my
foot off the clutch and then stepped on the clutch again, and as
expected the gearshift slipped right into 2nd very smoothly.

I think that's all it is. Now I just have to convince her.

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