Boss 302 1st to 4th gear shift skip
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Boss 302 1st to 4th gear shift skip
I just picked up my Boss 302 on 6/9 (happy, happy, happy) and have 250 miles on it. I think I read somewhere that there is a solenoid in the transmission that forces a 1st gear to 4th gear shift when engine speed is below 3000rpm. I have not yet experienced this and I am fairly certain I have shifted out of 1st below 3000 rpm. The TracKey is supposed to delete this shift skip. Has anyone with more time in their Boss experienced this shiftbskip?
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read this, there are links to other theads there also.
http://bossmustangsonline.com/boss-3...pe-i-remember/
http://bossmustangsonline.com/boss-3...pe-i-remember/
#3
Trans 1 to 4 skip shift
I have about 1200 miles on my Boss. I have had the 1 to 4 shift solenoid engage maybe twice in that time. I originally planned to disconnect the solenoid (there is a "how to" elsewhere on this forum) but decided not to because it is so easy to avoid the 1 to 4 shift. The engine just sounds too good to shift early, so (for me anyway) it is officially No Big Deal.
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Originally Posted by 2012YellowBoss
read this, there are links to other theads there also.
http://bossmustangsonline.com/boss-3...pe-i-remember/
http://bossmustangsonline.com/boss-3...pe-i-remember/
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I have 2000 miles on My Boss and have not encountered skip shift, even trying to engauge it.
However, Coming off the back straight away at mid-Ohio, I found I could not shift direct from 5th to 3rd. I had to go throught 4th. I saw the Guy from Ford do that when he was driving my Boss, and I did not understand why, then I experienced it for my self.
However, Coming off the back straight away at mid-Ohio, I found I could not shift direct from 5th to 3rd. I had to go throught 4th. I saw the Guy from Ford do that when he was driving my Boss, and I did not understand why, then I experienced it for my self.
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I find that I have to purposely drive with a very light foot in order to engage the 1st to 4th skip shift. Sometimes when I see my average mileage hovering in the 15 mpg range, I'll light foot it a time or two. The problem is, as was said above, this car is just too damned fun to keep your foot out of it.
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Originally Posted by DFV
I find that I have to purposely drive with a very light foot in order to engage the 1st to 4th skip shift. Sometimes when I see my average mileage hovering in the 15 mpg range, I'll light foot it a time or two. The problem is, as was said above, this car is just too damned fun to keep your foot out of it.
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Here all this time I though the Boos did not have skip[ shift! I have never had it happen to me yet! Must be the way I drive? I guess I will have to see if I can get the car to do it now.......
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I have 2000 miles on My Boss and have not encountered skip shift, even trying to engauge it.
However, Coming off the back straight away at mid-Ohio, I found I could not shift direct from 5th to 3rd. I had to go throught 4th. I saw the Guy from Ford do that when he was driving my Boss, and I did not understand why, then I experienced it for my self.
However, Coming off the back straight away at mid-Ohio, I found I could not shift direct from 5th to 3rd. I had to go throught 4th. I saw the Guy from Ford do that when he was driving my Boss, and I did not understand why, then I experienced it for my self.
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Pull the connector off the solenoid. Skip shift now disabled!
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Today I was driving around town and just using second from stop lights. No issues at all starting second. I'm still planning on disconnecting skip shift.
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When starting in first if skip shift is about to engage you'll see a message where usually seeing millage stating '1 to 4 shift enable for fuel saving' or something like that.
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FYI....I disconnected the skip shift on my '11 GT/CS at around 1000 miles or so.....been good and am now at 8700 miles. No issues but you do still get the message about it. Would have thought the Boss would not have had that......