trouble going into 3rd...
09-18-2006, 05:22 AM
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trouble going into 3rd...
im just wondering.. i have a tko500 tranny in my car... but when i go for the 2-3 shift real fast... it has trouble getting into 3rd and sometimes wont go in and i have to go slowly in... its cuz it doesnt line up right and wont slide in... what can i do to make it slide into gear betteR? would a short throw shifter fix these problems im having?
09-18-2006, 09:43 AM
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RE: trouble going into 3rd...
mine is having the same problem, but i have a Short Throw, the only way i can go into third is if im going SLOW. But im thinking its the Tranny in mine. Try some new Tranny Fluid? thats my next move.
09-18-2006, 11:06 AM
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RE: trouble going into 3rd...
A short throw could help if the problem is the bad driver mod. If it isnt, it could be some of the stuff inside is bent or bending. I would start by putting some good fluid in it and then try a short throw. Short Throw make driving so much more fun.
09-18-2006, 01:10 PM
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RE: trouble going into 3rd...
I wouldn't have bought a new & strong transmission and put it in without a short shifter.
It's all waaaaaay too easy to destroy a perfectly good transmission with a stock shifter. All the slop in your stock shifter is probably causing your difficulties.
I had the same issue with my Cobra's T56 until I got an MGW, no more dead spots & missed gears for me.
It's all waaaaaay too easy to destroy a perfectly good transmission with a stock shifter. All the slop in your stock shifter is probably causing your difficulties.
I had the same issue with my Cobra's T56 until I got an MGW, no more dead spots & missed gears for me.
09-18-2006, 01:42 PM
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RE: trouble going into 3rd...
ORIGINAL: Dan04COBRA
I wouldn't have bought a new & strong transmission and put it in without a short shifter.
It's all waaaaaay too easy to destroy a perfectly good transmission with a stock shifter. All the slop in your stock shifter is probably causing your difficulties.
I had the same issue with my Cobra's T56 until I got an MGW, no more dead spots & missed gears for me.
I wouldn't have bought a new & strong transmission and put it in without a short shifter.
It's all waaaaaay too easy to destroy a perfectly good transmission with a stock shifter. All the slop in your stock shifter is probably causing your difficulties.
I had the same issue with my Cobra's T56 until I got an MGW, no more dead spots & missed gears for me.
09-19-2006, 01:20 AM
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RE: trouble going into 3rd...
its very easy... the way i do it is.. take off the shifter... drain the tranny fluid from the plug on the bottom (its impossible to miss not seeing the plug) and then put the plug back on and pour the reccommended about of fluid back in through where the shifter mounts... i would use synthetic fluid.
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