Did you end up having to pull the tranny for repairs (I would think so)?
How much $$$?
I'm at step 1, and I would imagine there are others on the list in that
category.
What would you advise I do to keep the repairs simpler and less expensive?

> Step 1 - My 5-Speed started of by popping out of 1st Gear every now &
then.
> Step 2 - Then, 1st Gear started making a 'howling' noise.
> Step 3 - Then, it got to the pioint, where it didn't want to sty in 1st
> Gear, and I had to hold it in with the Gear stick
> Step 4 - Driving over a friends place - Bang - 1st Gear departed this
life.
> What had ahppened was the pinion Bearing [I think it was collapsing] and
> 1st Gear wasn't really meshing properly.
> Motto of story - Don't let it go past Step 2 as above.