This is my girlfriends car, I have never worked on it before. I've done some work on my automatic 97 Jeep GC.
I'm not sure what may have broken. After leaving our house this morning, driving on city streets, there was a strange burning smell coming in through the vents, we thought it was from the truck in front of us.
Once on the the first highway the Corolla the smell was still present though not very strong. After merging onto another highway we shifted from 3rd to 5th and once in 5 the burn smell became very strong and the gear did not seem to engage... we drove the rest of the way in 4th gear.
A few questions:
Is her transmission toast?
If so how much is a new or rebuilt manual transmission?
Is something wrong with the clutch?
If so how much?
Where is the transmission dip stick?
Can someone post a picture?
How come this car does not have an rpm counter?