hello,

I have hit 2nd gear a few times with my ST. I'm having issues getting the engine to tune. It has slow accelleration and takes a long time to hit 2nd...when it hit's second, it sounds doggy. So far, in order to hit 2nd, I have to lean the engine out, but the engine gets really hot when I do that.

I'm also having issues getting the thing started, so I'm taking the pull start off and going to replace it with a sillivan tiger drive.

Did I read a dirty trans would cause issues?