Recently my clutch cable snapped, so as I was replacing it I noticed the guy who owned it before me had these washer spacers on the clutch fork and I figured it was from the cable stretching and he was too lazy to change it. So I put the new one on (its the stock non-adjustable one) w/o the spacers and the clutch wasnt disengaging all the way. At a stop if I kept it in first with the clutch down the car would begin to shake and shudder so that told me the clutch was still engaging. I went back under and put the spacers back on the fork figuring probably the fork had bent and it helped a little bit still get locked out of 2nd alot and 1st, and reverse grinds almost 100% of the time. Dropped the tranny fluid, and still no improvement. The clutch is grabbing fine so I know it isnt that. Im thinking its one of a few things :

1) Quadrant is on its way out since it is the stock plastic
2) The clutch fork bent from the years and now its bent so much spacers arent helping.
3) One of the springs in the tranny broke or is not functioning properly.

Anyone have any thoughts to head me in the right direction? scratching my head at this for the past week now. It may be time for a new tranny but im tryin to squirrel some cash for a rebuilt.

 

Well i know if you dont put the tranny intoa forward gear first,(I pick 1st gear), it will grind, b/c there is no synchro, thats what i was told on here anyway, and it sounds like the cluthc isnt maybe disenganging all of the way, just my opinion, im not that expeieced on this, all i know it sometimes when it get hard for me to get it into gear I have to tighten up the firewall adjuster, of coarse and aftermarket product, could be the quadrant to i suppose

 

Oh I know the reverse trick but even then it still grinds I gotta bang it in. Driving me nuts.

 

Ohh, I figured most people do know that trick. Hey be careful with reverse, i read that if yoiu have to hold it into reverse then its probably internal trouble, also i heard a guy broke his wrist doing that so watch out. Theresa guy on that rebuilds them, he know alot, maybe he might have a better idea

 

90Lxstanger, u wouldn't be talking about me would you

your clutch isn't fully disengaging, did u try the self adjuster? that could fix the whole problem... the reason the tranny grinds in reverse even after the forward gear is because the clutch is still partly engaged causing the internals to spin still which is the whole problem anyway...

your tranny is fine (unless you don't get this fixed soon)

i would get a steeda cable kit,ie. adjustable cable, double or triple hook quadrent, and firewall adjuster, then adjust the clutch right and your problems will be fixed...


some of that maybe reputitious, trying to talk to a friends and help you at the same time... i'm a bad multi tasker

 

Saw that Steeda cable kit on 50resto,

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...1&comp=LRS

Think I should pick it up?

 

no ?'s asked buy it... just shop around for the best price... i bought mine from mustangs unlimited

 

alright thanks again 94GT ill contact you when i get it done and let ya know how it went.

 

k, just keep me posted... i'm 100% sure is the clutch not disengaging all the way