JAMMED in Gear after wreck? Mazda Miata Manual Transmission Teardown

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Today, something different! A 5-speed transmission from a 2000 Mazda Miata! This transmission has 113K and we could not get it to shift in or out of gear. It seemed to be stuck between gears and likely from the wreck the car was in. This video is both a salvage operation to get the bell housing and tail housing off to fix broken transmissions, and a fact finding mission to try to figure out what happened.

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I hope you enjoyed this video, as always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one!

-Eric