this mustang and my last, both had different trannies, this one being a t-45 and the other being a tr-3650. I experience both would grind going into reverse occasionally and to defeat this all u have to do is simply shift into first and then into reverse.

But if you grind gears even when the tranny is warm then u've got some bad syncros. Only way to help this is by getting an after market shifter as it will typically prolong the life of a tranny with crisper shifts.

 

cool thanks

 

Oh ya, when you have the money to get your tranny rebuilt.....Just buy a t-56 swap kit from http://www.ddperformance.com/T56%20Kits.htm and this will not happen to you ever again. The t-56 is pretty much not destructable unless you do something really stupid. I dont know why the hell ford put such a s hitty tranny in the most powerful car they made that year.....1999, and 01 but halfway through 2001 they switched to the T-3650 ,,.,,,,,wtf why didnt they put the T3650 in the 99's ford is a joke, im so pissed with them i will probably never buy another ford in my life. The gas pedal broke on my cobra.....ford wants $85.00 for a damn piece of plastic. WTF

 

o wow, not bad at all. Are g-force kits good at all? They strengthen up the gears and some other components of the tranny

 

if only reverse is grindin shift to first first then shift to reverse

 

defenitely the syncros, mine does it too, its just the age of the car, tranny fluid will help it a little bit though. Mine also does it where when I put it in reverse it wont go in unless I double pump the clutch. It sucks.

 

I had a grind going into 3rd in my t-5...had it for a while then tranny blew, get that fixed asap...went to the tko 600 with other upgrades in that area best decision ive made as far as that goes!

 

Im getting a t56 so i wont have to worry about it, thanks for the input

 

I was told to go to 3rd the 4th real quick and then go into reverse. I've been doing that and it works great that way. I guess i don't even need to go to 4th because it just needs the teeth to align better.

 

Sadly enough, reverse is the first one to go. If you somehow have a warranty on your car, then run it hard till it goes out, and get the transmission replaced.