[DaisyCutter]

A buddy had a similar issue with his 250SX a couple years ago. We tried several times to find the root cause, never with any luck.

Eventually he just gave the ATC to me, and I parted it out on eBay motors. I made $750 in profit, LOL.

I have no advice other than to try to find an intact tranny, locate the damaged component, and pull a switcheroo.

 

[elgoatropo]

Thanks for the reply, Daisycutter. No way am I going to part this out. It's in really nice shape for such an old model. In fact, I snagged a whole pile of parts when I was flying out in Bush Alaska, and I plan to build a second machine - this one as a thrasher.

This one set me back $100, with a bad alternator, missing case cover and no rear tires.

 

[DaisyCutter]

I don't blame ya, that's a clean specimen.

 

[elgoatropo]

So, now it's shifting better - still a little notchy.

It's cool when stuff fixes itself. Must have been a piece of crud floating around in the gearbox mucking up the works.

I was out pulling stumps with it today.

 

[painkiller]

whens the last time the oil was changed?might be the problem