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You should stop driving it and check the following:
Look at the clutch/trans/shifter assemblies for anything suspicious. Check trans fluid level, safely get under the car, remove the fill plug, stick finger in and check level/condition and top up if necessary. Check shifter linkage ~ adjust and grease as necessary. Check the clutch fork/throw out bearing for looseness. I've seen an incorrectly installed throw out bearing get cocked sideways and not allow full clutch release.
It could be a number of things, the point is to find out what it and repair it before you end up with something bigger/more expensive unnecessarily.
Look at the clutch/trans/shifter assemblies for anything suspicious. Check trans fluid level, safely get under the car, remove the fill plug, stick finger in and check level/condition and top up if necessary. Check shifter linkage ~ adjust and grease as necessary. Check the clutch fork/throw out bearing for looseness. I've seen an incorrectly installed throw out bearing get cocked sideways and not allow full clutch release.
It could be a number of things, the point is to find out what it and repair it before you end up with something bigger/more expensive unnecessarily.
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a 245 is simply a 240 wagon, while a 244 is a 240 sedan. in later years they stopped putting the 244/245 designation on the tail (although its still on the nameplate under the hood)
what counts is that its the right transmission. most American market 240/244/245's were automatics, using AW70 transmissions (or BW55 on older ones). the stick shifts are relatively rare, and could be several different models, M46 being the common 4-speed plus electric overdrive, while the M47 was a later model 5-speed stick shift. the M46 is probably what you have, if you were to switch, you would need to change out the shift linkage too, and possibly the front half of the drive shaft (they came in a couple different lenghts to mate with different transmissions). The m46 is a heavier duty transmission, the m47 was considered somewhat more fragile and weaker.
but its still quite possible your problem is entirely clutch or shift linkage related, and swapping the transmission would be unnecessary. this needs to be properly diagnosed.
what counts is that its the right transmission. most American market 240/244/245's were automatics, using AW70 transmissions (or BW55 on older ones). the stick shifts are relatively rare, and could be several different models, M46 being the common 4-speed plus electric overdrive, while the M47 was a later model 5-speed stick shift. the M46 is probably what you have, if you were to switch, you would need to change out the shift linkage too, and possibly the front half of the drive shaft (they came in a couple different lenghts to mate with different transmissions). The m46 is a heavier duty transmission, the m47 was considered somewhat more fragile and weaker.
but its still quite possible your problem is entirely clutch or shift linkage related, and swapping the transmission would be unnecessary. this needs to be properly diagnosed.
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