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Hi all, I just got myself a 47k miles 996.1! But I'm not driving it cuz the tranny needs attention. 1st gear continuously to make some ticking noise and downshifting from 3rd to 2nd grinds every time. Been calling around for a shop to fix it but not much luck at this time. Been told there's no parts for it, order from Porsche and it's about $10k and who knows when...etc. WTF and I gonna do? I know for sure there's solution to it for less than $10k, just regular transmission shops? Dealers? I'm planning on doing IMS at the same time of course. Oh, I'm in the San Francisco area. Thank you for any input.
Assuming this is a manual 6-speed transmission? Does this happen in all the gears or just 1-2-3?
There are internal parts available for it or go good used.
There is no way to know what exactly is going on unless you ... remove it, strip it down, clean it and inspect it. By then you might as well do some of the preventative maintenance such as gears, sliders, syncros, and some bearings. $10k seems like the high end but you really do not know what all is needed.
Take it out, send it to a Gearbox specialist, and prepare to wait 3 months. Push the car into the garage, cover on, and don't look at it.
Good luck.
sounds like it needs a rebuild.
if you're taking the car to a local porsche mechanic, ask them who they have experience with.
CMS - as mentioned already
Gbox - I had a rebuilt unit from them installed. happy w their service.
https://www.gboxweb.com/
if doing transmission r&r - obviously good time to do clutch, rms, ims, aos, etc. it's a big bill, but worth it to get it done right the first time.
