How the heck do I shift my 5 speed?
02-08-2010, 08:28 PM
#12
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
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It only grinds when I miss or clutch is out. (Me being "out of sync")
Sitting in nephews car once, after he had a new clutch installed, I remember he was speaking of some cable thing. Compared to my stocker clutch, you could breath on his clutch pedal and make it depress.
Is this what that cable would do for me? And, where can I purchase? Would AmericanMuscle.com carry what you speak of?
Sitting in nephews car once, after he had a new clutch installed, I remember he was speaking of some cable thing. Compared to my stocker clutch, you could breath on his clutch pedal and make it depress.
Is this what that cable would do for me? And, where can I purchase? Would AmericanMuscle.com carry what you speak of?
UPR make great firewall adjusters(Click Stop) and quadrants. Just call 'em up on the phone and tell them what you want if their site confuses you on what to buy. Get the cable from the ford dealer.
MGW shifter can be ordered on line.
Follow what I'm telling you and you'll stand a MUCH better chance of learning to shift like you want.
02-08-2010, 08:52 PM
#13
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Refill the tranny with 3.0L (3.2 qts) of fluid, per TSB 04-15-6. One of the issues found was that with the 3.8L inital recommendation the tranny gears were spinning down too fast during high-speed shifts (think of trying to run in 2 feet of water), and the sychros could not do what they do.
The lesser quantity of fluid reduces the dynamic drag...
The lesser quantity of fluid reduces the dynamic drag...
Last edited by cliffyk; 02-08-2010 at 08:55 PM.
02-08-2010, 09:05 PM
#14
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Please just use the parts I typed. The STOCK cable is best. If yours sticks.....replace it with STOCK.
UPR make great firewall adjusters(Click Stop) and quadrants. Just call 'em up on the phone and tell them what you want if their site confuses you on what to buy. Get the cable from the ford dealer.
MGW shifter can be ordered on line.
Follow what I'm telling you and you'll stand a MUCH better chance of learning to shift like you want.
UPR make great firewall adjusters(Click Stop) and quadrants. Just call 'em up on the phone and tell them what you want if their site confuses you on what to buy. Get the cable from the ford dealer.
MGW shifter can be ordered on line.
Follow what I'm telling you and you'll stand a MUCH better chance of learning to shift like you want.
They make firewall adjusters, Single Lock firewall adj. and Double Lock firewall adj.
Also, a Speed Release Quadrant or Triple Hook Quadrant.
Is one better than the other? Which one is for me?
02-08-2010, 09:09 PM
#15
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Refill the tranny with 3.0L (3.2 qts) of fluid, per TSB 04-15-6. One of the issues found was that with the 3.8L inital recommendation the tranny gears were spinning down too fast during high-speed shifts (think of trying to run in 2 feet of water), and the sychros could not do what they do.
The lesser quantity of fluid reduces the dynamic drag...
The lesser quantity of fluid reduces the dynamic drag...
02-08-2010, 09:38 PM
#16
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02-08-2010, 09:57 PM
#19
Power shifting=nailing the clutch while still on the gas
speed shifting=quickest possible shifting with lifting off the gas.
Clutchless=what the name implies.
If you want an easier time shifting hard, get a short throw shifter and a clutch quadrant.
BTW, dont back sass Cliffyk like that. He is one of the most respected members on here.
speed shifting=quickest possible shifting with lifting off the gas.
Clutchless=what the name implies.
If you want an easier time shifting hard, get a short throw shifter and a clutch quadrant.
BTW, dont back sass Cliffyk like that. He is one of the most respected members on here.
02-08-2010, 10:01 PM
#20
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Going to listen to Mach1Marauder and purchase that adjuster and quadrant. They are fairly cheap and he seams to swear by them.
Just hope its a fairly simple install.
