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thanks, towed to the shop. it's the cables which i think connect shifter to transmission. i think it's an OEM part only and mazda wants aobut $400 for the part. the part #cc3346500c. i don't see a work around so am biting the bullet. tom rockville md

Hello, I have an 06 manual mazda 5 with 88k miles. replaced the clutch in april. for the past month I noticed that the shifter would sometimes feel rubbery going into gear. today I was driving the car and everything was pretty normal. stopped the car and now I can't get out of gear and the...

Just a follow-up to put some closure on it. Took the car to the mechanic. He replaced the clutch and machine the flywheel and replaced the rear main seal. He showed me the clutch. Besides being mostly worn down (one place was on the rivet) he also showed me the Pressure plate and explained that...

thank you loosenut. The problem came on suddenly and I drove the vehicle home about 10 miles. During those 10 miles I was listening for abnormal sounds and it was nothing really obvious to my untrained ear. I don't suppose this must the is one of those transmissions were you can remove the...

I have pulled down the boot and everything is bone dry. I bled the system and removed probably 3 ounces of brake fluid. I cannot say that there was air in the system. double clutching is not applicable, when the car is running I cannot get it into gear. When the car is off I can get it into...

thank you for the follow-up. I did not look underneath the boot. I will see if there is a slow leak. It was just bone dry everywhere else. I will at least try bleeding the system. I'll report back what I find out. Thanks

Follow up to my question Also, another symptom is that if the car is in gear with the engine off and I try to start the car and depressed the clutch the car will move forward. That tells me that the clutch is not fully disengaged. I am thinking I should bleed the slave cylinder. If anybody has...

Thank you for the reply, it finally got warmer and I got over my cold. I took off the belly pan and the slave cylinder is obvious. It looks to be quite dry. Had somebody pumping the clutch pedal and the slave cylinder seemed to be moving properly. With the engine off I can easily shift into...

Thank you very much. I will go through the top and take a look. Have a pretty good cold right now so it might take a few days. I will follow up with what I find out.

thanks. do i find it from the top of the engine? do i find it from below the car after removing the belly cover? tom

I have a 2006 Mazda 5 with a manual transmission. About 85,000 miles. Drive it to the office and no obvious problems. Park it. Drive home nine hours later and I'm having trouble getting it into reverse. As I'm driving it home it becomes obvious I am having trouble shifting gears. The...