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My trans developed a third gear grind at approx 120-130K, but hung on until 177K. It was brought up at the Dragon that I had a mild axle seal leak, maybe the trans went dry? Maybe GM updated the shift fork design on the later F23s, it was said that the end of the shift fork was partly to blame for people losing third gear in the earlier cars. At any rate mine is trashed and the used one will have only 108K on it, though in the interest of being cheap I’m using my clutch over again unless it’s discovered to be on the very brink of failure. Trans is getting new fluid and axle seals though, it should be good for the remaining life of my engine (due to extended idling over the summer it now smokes lightly at high RPM/load). I’m excited to have the FY1 trans though, it should massively help mileage