[05horse]

so sometimes when i go in to 3rd gear, i get a grind, a clink or a flat out metal on metal scrape it feels like.


not all the time but sometimes, did it before and after fluid change

58K

replaceing clutch and flywheel in may

any ideas?

i got a hurst shifter... jsut started this lately

[great08]

make sure your clutch is in good working order by checking the fluid first. I am not sure if there is an inspection cover that you can take of and look at the pressure plate but if you can see them, diafram fingers should be even and the TO bearing should touch them all equally. Then have a good look at the shifter to make sure nothing is bent or that any of the mounting bushings are damaged. If the clutch and shifter check out ok you need to pull the trans and have a good trans guy look at it to make sure there no bent forks or any parts that move the gears are cracked. If that is all in good shape you may have a bad syncro and the trans will have to be rebuilt, replaced with a rebuilt or buy a low mileage trans from wrecking yard or take off supplier. If you are in to cool mods you could look into putting in a 6 speed and the go really steep in the rear axle. The V6 5 speed is a durable piece inspite of all the noise it makes but sometimes even the best of things can fail prematurely.

[05horse]

Originally Posted by great08

make sure your clutch is in good working order by checking the fluid first. I am not sure if there is an inspection cover that you can take of and look at the pressure plate but if you can see them, diafram fingers should be even and the TO bearing should touch them all equally. Then have a good look at the shifter to make sure nothing is bent or that any of the mounting bushings are damaged. If the clutch and shifter check out ok you need to pull the trans and have a good trans guy look at it to make sure there no bent forks or any parts that move the gears are cracked. If that is all in good shape you may have a bad syncro and the trans will have to be rebuilt, replaced with a rebuilt or buy a low mileage trans from wrecking yard or take off supplier. If you are in to cool mods you could look into putting in a 6 speed and the go really steep in the rear axle. The V6 5 speed is a durable piece inspite of all the noise it makes but sometimes even the best of things can fail prematurely.

i want a 6 speed so bad!

meh im replaceing the clutch in may we will see

[exodus209]

i have a hurst shifter too and my trans does weird things too!
somtimes it wont let me downshift to second, and somtimes i get little grinding noises too! i have no idea what it is, i just know it was never like that before the shifter was installed!
i dont have the extra cash to get the MGW one either

[05horse]

its just something recent
your 1st snd and reverse gears have lockouts... maybe thats why