Gearbox (clutch?) trouble + engine question

[Yonzie]

Knudsen Wrote:The 20V does the same, perhaps not @ 2200 rpms, but its defently has a higher idle when cold.

Hmm... Interesting...

mux213 Wrote:But the engine will heat up faster meaning much less wear on your engine, if I were you Yonzie, I'd keep it like that. Toyota did this for a good reason, its one of the reasons why your engine at 240k is still running just fine, especially if you do lots of city driving. I drive my car every day, it takes about 2 minutes for it to drop from 2k to about 600 rpm which is on the low side, I need to alter it to run at about 700 rpm when warm. It nearly stalls when idling once warm.

During those 2 minutes I'm driving 90% of the time so my rpm's are above 2k anyways, I only notice it idling high when I stop at a traffic light.

My issue is that my first two minutes are mostly spent getting into traffic and waiting at a traffic light, and I cant help thinking that everyone else thinks my lovely 86 is broken.
Interesting thought about the heating - hadn't thought of it like that.

Knudsen Wrote:As for your gearbox, i think its easyer to find another one... Look at toyotaextreme.dk in the market, there was alot of ae86 parts for sale the other day.

mux213 Wrote:As for your gearbox, yes its very likely that its the original gearbox, when treated right they will live the lifetime of the car, or almost anyways I'm no expert but it sounds like your synchro's are on their way out. They may not be disengaging completely hence some power from your engine is still going into the drive line. Easiest solution is probably to just find a second hand gearbox with less milleage and swap it over. I dont know about Denmark but in Holland you usually get a discount if you hand in your old gearbox at a scrapyard. Fixing up a gearbox can get way more expensive then its worth (unless you have a friend who's willing to take the gearbox appart and put it back together for you for free). Also unless you rebuild your gearbox completely there is a change the next problem is just a couple of k away.

Swapping a gearbox should be easy as hell for any experienced mechanic. Offcourse its always smart to drive past a toyota dealer and ask a mechanic to diagnose the problem first, might be I'm completely on the wrong track

Ya, I'm just kinda nervous about buying another high-mileage gearbox... I've heard about getting discounts when turning in an old gearbox in exchange for a rebuilt one, but the 86 is quite rare, so I doubt there are anyone in Denmark providing that service...
Apparently, there are quite a few used ones available, but they all have 200k+ km on them (or just '999'), or are located as far away from me as possible, while still being in Denmark.

Oh well... Guess I'll have to get it swapped out. Thanks a lot for the help everyone.