i dont i know if just my frineds and i suck at driving stick, but when accelerating hard myself and my other friend(who has alot of stick experience) grind second gear. I thought maybe i wasnt putting the clutch all the way in... so i exaggerated putting the clutch in, and still ground it. So after trying different ways of shifting i found the only way i can get it into second while accelrating hard is to really like rfeel it in... and hard, this may be a bad explanation but do any of u have any ideas why this is happeneing? is it the driver? or is second gear dying on me??

 

Sounds like the second gear syncros are going bad, I hate to say it but you may need to pull the trans and have it rebuilt, it should not cost all that much if you pull the trans yourself.

 

Do a search on this, it is a HIGHLY talked about subject. There is a Ford TSB out there for it.

Well-started typing before I saw that you has a '96........I'm talking about the newer transmissions......sorry......

 

ford TSB?

 

Technical service bulletin.....a known defect

 

how much will it cost me if i do this myself?

 

Dont know, but i know if its a tsb, Ford replaces/fixes it for free. Like i said, i know their is one for my tranny, the tremec 3650 which they call the 2nd gear grind.

 

is the t45 in yur car? cuz i know thats what tranny i have....if sop then its prolly the same thing.. and most likely has the recall, and for now i shouldnt haft5a worry as long as i dont hammer on the car, am i correct?

 

I have the grind, and until it gets worse, im gonna leave it. I've heard stories around here that since its a tsb, they will take their time fixing it since you're not paying for it. Some guys around here said theirs were at the dealership for 2 weeks.......

 

I have a 1990 eclipse that does the same. Grinding sound in 2nd gear. It's all the syncro. Not doing much damage. It's harder to shift as fast, especially in high RPM... try shifting to 2nd in low rpms, and shifting kinda slow.. then let me know. Works for me.