mattstang2007

Hey guys i was wondering if this is happening to anyone else. It seems that when its cold out sometimes its pretty hard to put the car in first or reverse. after it warms up its seems ok.. but i almost have to force it into gear, this cant be normal can it? i also have a hurst comp shifter but i dont think that would cause this.

Nuke

Since my and my g/f's Stangs sit overnite in the garage, I can't say either of us have experienced that (besides, hers is an auto). But I've heard others mention that on the forums. You may want to try a synthetic tranny oil. I've heard that helps.

marGTM06

Put the car in the second or third before attempting to
push into the first/reverse. Will help a lot.

mattstang2007

thats the thing i do put it in second or third before i try... i will try changing to synthetic tranny oil. Does any one think something is seriously wrong?

pascal

Perfectly normal with cold weather.
Steering is also affected...

If you don't wake up too late (), let the car idle for 10 minutes with the heater on and everything will be ready to go.

jdphillips73

I had a chevy silverado truck for 12 years... it did that every winter, never changed any fluid or had any problems. Tranny was working like a champ when i sold it.

americaniron

Always been that way with every car I've owned. Always smooths out for me after a couple miles.

mattstang2007

Thanks guys, i feel a hell of alot better!

wolfie

Do you get gear clash? or buzzing? there is a TSB out.

HypromanGT

Sometimes you can help the problem by blipping the throttle while in neutral (not pressing the clutch) before pressing the clutch and trying to put it in gear. It gets the trans. input shaft spinning.

Oh yeah, and it happens to me, too. Actually, I've had worse happen: there's nothing like getting into 1st okay, making it out onto a slippery road and reaching for 2nd only to find you're locked out...now you're free-wheeling down the road with no gears! That's when I usually try the above approach to get me back on my way.