Can't get into Reverse!!!
09-19-2006, 02:22 AM
#11
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RE: Can't get into Reverse!!!
ORIGINAL: korn253
if u read the manual it says ur supposed to go 3rd 4th reverse, ive found that sometimes i have to let off the clutch after i start it and then press it again, idk y, fords gay
if u read the manual it says ur supposed to go 3rd 4th reverse, ive found that sometimes i have to let off the clutch after i start it and then press it again, idk y, fords gay
09-19-2006, 09:49 AM
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RE: Can't get into Reverse!!!
everyone has there own special way of getting it into 5th gear on the 02-04 5sp Mustang trannys. Kinda different from every car. I find that if I yell at my car in a loud angry voice and threaten to trade her in for a 05+ Mustang or a 03/04 Cobra, she listens. Weird huh? 
09-19-2006, 11:13 AM
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RE: Can't get into Reverse!!!
Justa an FYI -- the reverse gear doesn't have synchro -- it's just straight cut gears engaging. The input/output shafts must be spinning at same RPM for gears to mesh easily, otherwise they grind or don't engage at all.
09-19-2006, 02:02 PM
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RE: Can't get into Reverse!!!
I had this problem too in the past. I found that parking it in 1st instead of neutral for me helped alot, but the problem still persists every once in awhile. I am just glad to know I am not the only one with this problem.