Originally Posted by Brawlin' Boss

I am, I loved the way the tranny felt at first, but recently I am having problems shifting in pretty much all gears. It feels as if I didn't depress the clutch pedal all the way and it the shifter bounces on the cogs of the selected gear until it drops in. Let alone drag racing. A couple of times I have not been able to get into second gear, at all. After 3-4 stabs it will go in. Another time it happened in 3rd. The only way I have been able to alleviate that is repeatedly going through the 1-2-3-4 shifter pattern after the burn out rolling into staging.

Originally Posted by zwede

I have it too, but less than you. I have an occasional 1-2 nibble (it still goes into 2nd, but not smoothly) and I have to be completely stopped to get it into first without kick back.

Originally Posted by Bigjohn

I am having the same issues but I do not race it. I had the fluid replaced and it helped but did not eliminate the issue. When the car is cold and for about 20 minutes it is worst, but it still is there when warm or hot.

Originally Posted by ShaneM

i had the trans fluid replaced a week or so back, went with redline mtl in trans and royal purple in the rear diff. the trans shifts smoother now, but i still get a slight crunch on the 1-2 when the car is cold and occasionally at other times. As for bad shifting, my car has 10k on it now and i have had shift issues from day 1 as mentioned in other trans threads.

the car is fine othr than the slight crunch i mentioned at highway speeds and aroudn town. up to 6500 rpm shifts its fine then. rev the car to 7500 or more and the clutch pedal wont fully release on the 3-4 shift leaving me stuck between gears until rpms fall and then its fine again.

I think scott is having this same issue. i know he was having his car looked at a few weeks back, perhaps they found his issue. A lady with a 11 roush stage 1 in my local club had shifting issues with her car and took it in and it "had something with the flywheel" i suspect it was the bolts.

i had my car in for the issue once and they "couldn't replicate the issue" because they are total, utter, asshats at my local dealer and didn't get the rpms up to where the issue happens.

Originally Posted by 2012YellowBoss

The sticky clutch is a different issue and I highly doubt it has to do with the bolts. The procedure was changed for that problem a while ago, too much loc-tight put on the bolts and they would not properly seat. I still have the other problem with the car not going into fifth, it jams up.

I found this weekend I could not take my eyes off the track and short shifted fifth quite a bit. The car would enter fifth smoothly but as soon as I would hit the 7500 in fourth I had to fight it into fifth again. I am convinced it is a trans problem at this point since the shift is smooth >7500 and I was not shifting any different @7500.

Originally Posted by zwede

Thanks, Deysha. I plan to take mine in this week because a TPMS warning came on saturday (and it is still on) saying "low tire pressure", yet all tires are at 35 PSI. I'll see if I can get them to document the tranny issues at the same time. I just hope they don't do the "normal operation, no fault" routine on me.

Originally Posted by zwede

My apologies to the Ford engineers. I double checked the tire pressures with another gauge and found that my gauge was out of calibration and reading high. Inflated the tires to 35 PSI and the light went off right away.

Originally Posted by black_bullitt

My biggest issues are:
Shifting into 3rd at the top of the RPM range - Seems the clutch isn't fully engaging and I get a horrible grinding. I'll engage the clutch pedal to the floor, bring the shifter into neutral, re-engage the clutch and throw it back into 3rd and still get the grinding.
1st gear from a stop. Can't count the number of times I've been at a stoplight and tried to get into first gear, only to have the shifter either not go all the way forward, or psych me into thinking it's in position to where I let off the clutch only to hear grinding and have the shifter kicked back out into neutral. This is predestined to happen when I'm at the front of the line at a stop light, and takes anywhere from 2 to 5 and 6 tries to get the it to go.

Originally Posted by Glenn

Deysha please don't take this the wrong way.
When you say your going to "escalate it" for him, what exactly does that mean? What will that do?

Originally Posted by Glenn

Deysha please don't take this the wrong way.
When you say your going to "escalate it" for him, what exactly does that mean? What will that do?

Originally Posted by zwede

I plan to take it to the dealer early next week. The recent cold weather has made it worse. I'll keep you updated, Deysha, and thanks again.

Originally Posted by black_bullitt

I haven't yet, Deysha, but I will do so soon.Stuff gets done when Deysha gets on the phones. When my car had the rubbing noise with the LCA's, her phone call got me an appt at the local dealer within a day's time.

Originally Posted by DA712

Just a bump on this topic, has anyone found a consistent fix to the issue of a bit of grinding between gears? As weather has gotten colder I'm getting a bit of grind (very small) between mostly 1-2. Wondering if there is a heads up I can give my dealer or possibly replace fluid first...
Thx

Originally Posted by DA712

Just a bump on this topic, has anyone found a consistent fix to the issue of a bit of grinding between gears? As weather has gotten colder I'm getting a bit of grind (very small) between mostly 1-2. Wondering if there is a heads up I can give my dealer or possibly replace fluid first...
Thx