Hi RPM Grind into 5th Options

[Kazz5]

It just started on my '03 Evo. She's got just over 24K on the odo.

C'mon, it's not like I've ever BLOWN a shift into 5th for God's sake - wtf? I imagine it's out of warranty and that they'll gripe about doing it anyway, but...

is this a common DSM thing?

Thanks...

[Kazz5]

Mystery seemingly solved:

I finally got time to take the car to be seen and was referred to B&M Transmission on Galena road. I called after picking up more fluids and was told he had time to look at it but not much time to do any repair today - fair enough when ya call a guy at 2:30pm, eh?

Car goes up, light goes on, verdict is a leak at the axle, I crap my pants, Bruce gets a pry bar. He pokes and levers it around on the axle and is able to pry it a bit out with accompanying fluid leak, then pries it back. I think it goes something along the lines of the axle being out of it's index and is now back in.

He cleans it down so I can see if it recurs. I'm still a bit speechless: "... you mean you think that's it?" He can't be positive but it could well be.

So, Coiled, perhaps it does have to do with hitting a swail alongside the road at high speed.

The next best oddest thing is that no more fluid was required as it was full AND that I've not ground shifting into fifth again - yet. I've been real gentle to it for the past 2 days and haven't had time to really try it out since Bruce touched it. But I will sometime tomorrow I'm sure, if not later tonight.

So I stopped by Mitsu to order the lower front fascia lip and price the intercooler and a couple of the pipes. Mitsu's REAL proud of their intercooler and crappy little pipes - to the tune of some $1200+. And here Buschur has an intercooler upgrade with lower pipe (no cutting no nothing and can use the stock upper piping) for $750 ... hmmmmmmmmmmmm...