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11-07-2011, 07:00 PM

#11

03gt04mach1

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Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: Acworth,Ga.

Posts: 812

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Originally Posted by jesse1125

I'd pass. Tranny shouldn't be that hard to shift and the light should be cleared by dealer if that's all it is.

If the tranny is not low on fluid, then there are problems coming if it doesn't go into gear right away. BE CAREFUL.

11-08-2011, 11:48 PM

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projectresto83

M.A.D. Motorsports

Join Date: Jul 2006

Location: Indiana

Posts: 8,014

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tryingtofindone!

I need other peoples help on a mustang lx that I found at a car dealership. its a year 2000 CONVERTIBLE MUSTANG LX that only has 117k miles on it. Im on a budget and saw this and thought it was perfect. after test driving it I love it but it had a few problems that I was wondering if they were easy fixes.

First off is the automatic shifter is really resistant when you try to put it into any driving position.

2nd is the check engine light is on and the dealer said that it was most likely a 100k check for the emissions. I have never heard of the light going on for that so I was wondering if he was full of it.

Welcome!

Not trying to bust your ***** or anything but there is no such car.....Ford stopped putting LX on the name in 93....just like there is no such Mustang SRS.....people see the SRS on the wheel and dash thinking thats the model when it stands for safety restraint system (the air bags)....

Anyway.... the dealer is a ****ing retard..there is no such indicator. The stiff shifter could be multiple things such as partially melted or what not causing the cable to bind, the shifter itself starting to seize from dirt can crap being spilled on/in it or it could be something internal in the trans.

The problems are easy checks if you can get the car away for a few and you know what your doing.... take the car to a part store and get the codes read.... then jack up the car and take the shift cable off the trans and then operate the shifter...if its still stiff then its the shifter or the cable....if it moves easily move the shift mech on the trans itself and see how stiff that is.... just be sure to install the cable in the same spot as you removed it ( same gear)