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Topic: any T5 experts? trans popping gear
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trashline
Gearhead Posts: 1351
From: Levittown, Pa
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 03-17-2005 06:40 PM
   
my t5 in the tbird has a fresh clutch it would be nice if it stayed in first gear. grinds going into second if you try to jam it it stays in first but then pops out when you try to move. im thinking bad synchros any ideas? thanks guys------------------
88 thunderbird TC 2.3L
66 mustang 200ci 3 speed
68 Fairlane 289 w/ auto
79 f150 300 3 onda tree
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Stephen & Horace Johnson
Gearhead Posts: 184
From: Gadsden, AL
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 03-17-2005 08:51 PM
Sounds like you if it is grinding then the syncro is bad, and if it doesnt stay in gear then the slider is bad.------------------
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Tom G
Gearhead Posts: 587
From: Bethlehem, Pa USA
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-17-2005 10:18 PM
REBUILD TIME!!!------------------
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trashline
Gearhead Posts: 1351
From: Levittown, Pa
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 03-17-2005 10:45 PM
yea, ever rebuild one? im thinking about buying the rebuild bok and doing it myself cant be that hard------------------
88 thunderbird TC 2.3L
66 mustang 200ci 3 speed
68 Fairlane 289 w/ auto
79 f150 300 3 onda tree
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Tom G
Gearhead Posts: 587
From: Bethlehem, Pa USA
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-17-2005 10:55 PM
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Originally posted by trashline:
yea, ever rebuild one? im thinking about buying the rebuild bok and doing it myself cant be that hard
Find a factory service manual for the trans and you should be OK. CHeck EB#$ for a kit as I have bought and sold a TC trans gear set for and 87 my son (fiveOfastback) used to have.[This message has been edited by Tom G (edited 03-17-2005).]
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trashline
Gearhead Posts: 1351
From: Levittown, Pa
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 03-17-2005 11:12 PM
yea , there are plenty of rebuild kits on ebay... and that is where i saw the t5 wc trans rebuild book. i guess it needs to be done unless i can find one cheap somewhere. ------------------
88 thunderbird TC 2.3L
66 mustang 200ci 3 speed
68 Fairlane 289 w/ auto
79 f150 300 3 onda tree
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 5761
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 03-18-2005 02:11 AM
could be a broken fork too, these are aluminum and not tough to break. I've bought a couple that were broken in crashes, not sure if from a person hitting the shifter or the weight of the gear pounding into it.
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Bloose
Gearhead Posts: 621
From: Milwaukee, WI
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 03-18-2005 05:08 AM
Years ago I had a 3sp Toploader doing exactly the same thing. I wound up replacing the, syncros, 1-2 slider, AND 2nd gear. By the time I got the car the the teeth ont he gear where the slider engaged were bad. If your will not stay in gear you may be in the same boat?B
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exlocal
Gearhead Posts: 205
From: hacienda hts., CA, USA
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 03-18-2005 08:56 AM
My 4-speed toploader did the same thing in third and fourth. When coasting, it would just pop out of gear, kind of scary on a steep downhill. I could hold it in gear okay, but still had it rebuilt. ------------------
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trashline
Gearhead Posts: 1351
From: Levittown, Pa
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 03-18-2005 09:15 AM
im gonna call a friend of mine who works at a trans shop and see what they say to rebuild it. and how much------------------
88 thunderbird TC 2.3L
66 mustang 200ci 3 speed
68 Fairlane 289 w/ auto
79 f150 300 3 onda tree
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