NoisyPony

Let me start by saying I learned how to drive and took my drivers test on a stick (1980 Honda accord) , owned a 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS (stick) for five years and probably only missed a shift once or twice in over 90,000 miles AND I owned a 1998 LS1 (6 speed) trans am for two years and only missed a shift maybe once or twice in the two years I owned it...

Now this 04 GT I can not fugure out? Sometimes I can hit 3rd perfectly but, most of the time I hit a "wall" and it will not let me into 3rd at all? Is there a trick that somebody knows on shifting into 3rd with the 04 tranny? I read somewhere that you just "push straight up to go to 3rd" and that does help but, I am afraid to shift hard into 3rd because I might hit the "wall" and bend a fork or something?

I can run the car hard through the gears and as long as I allow the engine rpm to drop slightly when shifting to 3rd it shifts fine...but if I try to shift it into 3rd quickly that is when I hit the "wall"...

Any ideas?

mustangman02232

does it grind at all? could be a synchro, theres a TSB out for the T-3650 trannys about that, my buddies mach 1 does it as well

Chad99gt

I used to have this problem with the t-45. Same thing over and over again, than finally I got used to getting it in gear and havnt missed since. 3rd gear on mustangs is different than some other cars i've driven, I think it just takes getting used to.

disgustipated

New shifter maybe? That would make it easier. Definately easier than stock anyway

NoisyPony

mustangman02232,

No, it never grinds just doesn't go into gear? When it happens I have to go to either 2nd or 4th...and then it will go into 3rd.

StickShifty

get a short throw shifter. i have a MGW, i had the same problem as you, but now my tranny goes into third very smooth.

dstangrunner

get a shifter. it will make it better

98MustangSTL

I had the same problem, but whenever I put the short throw in and the problem went away.