MuscleOwnzRice

Sometimes my car grinds shifting fast not necessarily hard into 4th, and sometimes just when i kick it into reverese it either wont go or grinds like a biatch, Its embarassing cuz it looks i suck at driving a stick lol....any suggestions? I do need to flush my tranny, and im replacing it with royal purple synthetics, but i dont think thats the problem

mills281e

Same thing happens in my 97. When it happens, it's primarily when I downshift from 5th to 4th. Would like to know what's up as well.

MuscleOwnzRice

so no one knows?

Dan04COBRA

Synchro's.

Not much you can do about it beside rebuild the transmission.

Some synchromesh might help.

MuscleOwnzRice

lmao, i watched that signature flash media like 10 tiems laughing the whole time. Alright ill have to rebuild it then....damn.

Thanks

yeayea0

yup sounds like synchros, mine does the same thing i feel your pain lol

michael12203

yeah that is the prob, dads 99 gt had same prob, to keep it from grinding when going into reverse, when you crank the car up go into first gear first while the clutch is still in and then put it into reverse, it slow everything down in the tranny and will let you put it into reverse. hope this helps

CobraSnake

yeah my contour SVT did this too me under warranty. 3rd gear would grind unless i threw it in the gear VERY slowly. I had the tranny rebuilt by ford and on i go. Not even a year later 3rd gear went again and was followed by 2nd gear. I was going to get it fixed but, i was out of warranty and i didn't want to rebuild my tranny again just to have it break again. I haven't seen this in my mustang.

MuscleOwnzRice

ya michael, ive been doign that. Thanks for all the advice, looks like im gonna rebuild my tranny, anything i should upgrade while im at it?

michael12203

got the extra cash to throw a aluminum flywheel under there will help with the revs