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Apr 6, 2010 | 08:36 AM

#11

bigscott

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1st Gear Member

Joined: Aug 2009

Posts: 104

From: Michigan

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddypython

WHAAAT ? No wonder I kept F$#%ing up my tranny. I thought it was R from ROCKET . you know , supposed to go SUPERR fast..

jk.. old joke I knew..

I've had this happen to me soooo many times when I attempt to back into a parking spot. it pisses me off to no avail. But like the brute that I am, everything works with FORCE. So I jam the sucker in there and it goes in. Does it do damage ? Prolly. But when I get pissed off I lose any sense of rationality. lol I guess I have to do the 3 and 4th gear first from now on to make my life easier.

LOL normally id be like that but this is waaaaay too expensive a toy for me to risk breaking like that.

I believe i did read about the safety lock in the owners manual. Like others have said going from shifting into a forward gear and then back to reverse works.

Apr 6, 2010 | 08:40 AM

#12

AmericanSpeed

5th Gear Member

Joined: Mar 2007

Posts: 2,031

From: Orlando, FL

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddypython

everything works with FORCE. So I jam the sucker in there and it goes in. Does it do damage ? Prolly. But when I get pissed off I lose any sense of rationality

LOL, every now and then it annoys the sh^t out of me and I do the same thing. Sometimes you have to conquer these little problems by force to get some satisfaction, the whole "me better than you, me strong, me win" attitude. Makes you feel damn good too.

That quote also seems like it can be applied to something else, LOL.

Apr 6, 2010 | 03:23 PM

#13

157dB

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Joined: May 2007

Posts: 13,322

From: NW Arkansas

Read Owners Maunal.

It recommends 4th then reverse.
There is a 5th gear to reverse lockout
that needs to be tripped by putting
it into 4th before reverse...

The Ford Workshop Manual supports this first hand.

Last edited by 157dB; Apr 7, 2010 at 04:48 PM.

Apr 6, 2010 | 05:53 PM

#14

soon2bu

2nd Gear Member

Joined: Feb 2010

Posts: 275

From: NJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by staggolee

^that's exactly what it is, the shifter is just over-sensitive sometimes. I'm glad its there though. I wouldn't ever find myself trying to shift to sixth, but better have the safety feature than risk risk having the tranny shoot out the bottom of my car in pieces

I don't think people will try to shift into 6th, it's probably more-so they mean to shift from 5th to forth, and go into R(hypothetically), or 3rd into R.

Last edited by soon2bu; Apr 6, 2010 at 05:56 PM.

Apr 7, 2010 | 10:58 AM

#15

CincyGT2009

2nd Gear Member

Joined: Jun 2009

Posts: 300

From: Ohio

I don't have the manual in front of me but if memory serves it was not saying recommending that you actually be IN 4th before going to Reverse, just that the shifter needs to be in line with 3/N/4, or any other position to the LEFT of 5/R to avoid the Reverse lock-out...