Starting and shifting problems

I have a 96 Eclipse GS-T that I recently purchased and is having some slight problems:

1. It has problems starting after sitting for a night, it starts fine after I get it going. I changed spark plugs, air filter and cleaned the induction system and the fuel system. Also, to get it started in the morning I have to turn the key and pump the gas quite a bit to get it started. When it does, it makes a high pitched sound, like a belt is squealing, momentarily and then turns off.

2. After driving for about five minutes and it gets warmed up, it becomes increasingly hard to shift, especially down shift. I had my tranny fluid flushed and I'm wondering if there's anything else I should try.

Any ideas hit me back I'd appreciate it

Jason

1. The belt squelling is just cuz its cold, nothing really to worry about unless it starts doin it after being warmed up. Have you checked the battery?

2. Could be something to do with the clutch may be goin out, maybe a bad master cylinder or throw out bearing

I checked the battery and it's fine. Perhaps I need a fuel pump? Not sure about the starting problem.

In terms of the clutch, I haven't taken it to a transmission place like AAmco. Would that be my best bet?

If you clutch is not slipping then its absolutly fine. You may want to take it to a trans place but dont act on what ever they say. Just post it here and we will tell you if its logical or not. On the startup thing i had the same problem with my car. I had a few bad spark plug wires. I recomend just getting some stock ones.

If you have an exhaust with a strait pipe that can contribute to it.

I have the same problem with shifting.... It gets so bad that if I come to a complete stop at a light or something... Sometimes i can't shift into first... I have the shift into second first and then jam it into first.... but if i down shift as the car is still rolling.. it will work.... but the RPMs have to be pretty low... any suggestions?

a lighter flywheel would help both of you

I really doubt a lighter flywheel will help. My guess is that its the TOB.

dude DO be serious. A flywheel will make downshits much smoother and faster plus make the car rev up faster. Also making shifting easier ont he clutch by reducing the rotating mass...

Allright, a little update here:

I took the car back to the dealer and they changed the master and slave cylinder. It's definetely shifting better which is great. At the dealership they also put in a new multi port fuel injection relay. This doesn't seem to have done anything, is there anything else I can do to make it start better? It wont start when it's cold and I have to pump the gas to get it started. Once I get it started it's fine though. I've already changed the spark plugs and that didn't do much. I do have a custom exhaust, could this be contributing?

Another thing I've noticed lately is that when I'm driving and the turbo begins to spool and then picks up, the car jerks forward, backward, forward, backward and then will catch. Is there a problem or is the turbo just getting warmed up? Is the turbo just running too rich (someone else offered this idea)?

Thanks

have you changed the spark plug wires. That could be your problem with the start-up and the jerking. I doubt its the exhaust. Does it only do it after its just been started but is fine after a bit?

Yeah, it's only hard to start when it's completely cold. Once I get it started though, it'll turn on just fine even up to two hours afterwards. You think it's the spark plug wires?

well i know there have been so many people on here that just replace the plugs and then come back later saying there problem was a bad wire.

Another thing:

When I did change the spark plugs, I noticed that the original one's were gapped at .44. When I went to Checker to get new one's they said they should be gapped around .28. I kept it at .44 cause I wasn't sure if I should change it. Since it's having a hard time starting could this be the problem? (Kind of a simple answer to these ridicously hard problems I guess)

Okay, scratch the last comment, I fixed the gauges on the spark plugs and it didn't do anything. I'll change the spark plug wires and see where that gets me.

HELP, HELP, HELP:

So I went to Checker to get some new spark plug wires. THe car was running great, shifting pretty good. I bought them and then returned home, not noticing any differences. When I got home I immediately changed the wires and then went to restart the car. First it wouldn't turn on and then once it did, the exhaust started firing. It would idle around 500 rpms (seriously low, it usually runs around 800) and sounded like ****. What should I do?

Okay, the car is running really weird. It's backfiring and there's a really potent carbon monoxide smell. Do I need to change the O2 sensor? or maybe the catalytic converter? This is a nightmare.....

are all the wires in the right spots cuz from what im reading you got this problem once you replaced the wires?

Yeah, the wires are fine. I even switched them back to the old ones once I changed them and it's still doing the same thing. It won't drive at all, it'll start but the car isn't getting any gas or something cause once I start accelerating the car will start backfiring and won't drive.

well for some reason it sounds like your car is misfiring. Its either an ignition problem or a fuel problem and since it seems like youve done most of the ignition stuff then fuel might be the issue. Not sure exactly what though. Im no expert on this stuff, so maybe someone else can give there expert advise. But it sure does sound like misfiring to me

I decided to just call the dealer I bought the car from and see what they would do. They told me to tow the car down and they would fix it for free. That's going to suck for them if I need a new catalytic converter cause that's an expensive part. I'll keep y'all posted

i dont think a cat would make that type of problems though

I just called the dealer: looks like the spark plug wires I bought were mislabeled so I put them on the wrong cylinders. The car's fine now, I wish I wasn't such a doof sometimes.

so did the new plugs fix the original problem?

I haven't found out yet. I need to cold start the car to see if it'll start better. The dealer put on a new radiator and a new clutch (all free) while it was down at his shop. When I got it back I noticed it was still hard to shift up and down sometimes. I've had the slave and master cylinder changed, the transmission fluid flushed and now there's a new clutch. Is there anything else I can do?

I'll update tomorrow with the starting problem.

Another thing:

I've noticed that my turbo isn't catching. It'll start to pick up around 2800 RPM and accelerate to like 3200 RPM and then just rock back and forth. Any ideas?