Hey guys got some questions for ya. I just got my sisters car, as she got a brand new focus. Well anywyas, When she drove it she always had first gear she tells me, but I cant seem to get the car into the gear, atleast 50% of the time. she did have bad cabels, so I bought brand new ones and it seems to have helped in shifting but now I have no first. The other thing is, its very hard for me to go into the gears. It feels like I have to jam them in. I know it was low on fluid so I put some gear fluid, dont know if that did anything. Do you think the tranny is shot. Oh and I did put a B&M short shifter in, but the problems still happend before I installed it.

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Shift Cables?


PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO

I replaced them with Gm ones. They dont need to be adjusted do they?

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Try pumping the pedal a bit and see if that makes a difference in terms of gear selection. If it does then it may be time to flush and refill the hydraulics. Before doing this you should also check the fluid color in the reservior too. If the fluid is discolored at all that is further evidence of a needed change. Once this is done you may see some improvement. If not, and the gears are still difficult to select, then you should move on to replacing the slave and master cylinder. If that doesn't fix it...you likely have tranny problems! Let me know what you find and I will be happy to assist you further. Thanks!


J. Auvil
Sales and Tech Manager
www.specclutch.com

Thanks man. Its wierd, I bought that syncromesh fluid from autozone and it seems to have helped a little. I noticed it I dont puch the pedal to the floor it does not like to go in. I will do a tranny flush and a clutch flush. Do you know what fluid the clutch takes, is it brake fluid?

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Yeah DOT3 fluid. Dont get that stuff on your paint, it will kill it

OK I did the tranny fluid change and man it shifts nice now. I think with the clutch being blead tomorrow, I will be in heaven

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Good deal Fast! Let us know if you need anything else.


J. Auvil
Sales and Tech Manager
www.specclutch.com

Glad you got it fixed. Enjoy that B&M , i did.


spec01, i like your commitment to our cars. It shows that your just not looking out for your company, but for the whole j-body community.
Kudos

I guess these trannys are very picky on fluid, but oh well its nice now. Thank tinkles, love the shifter.

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