Transmission help - Page 2

StangChik · 01-23-2008, 03:39 PM

good to know at least its narrowed down. Thanks for the help.

Now do you know of a good place for replacement parts?

QWKSNKE · 01-23-2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by StangChik

good to know at least its narrowed down. Thanks for the help.

Now do you know of a good place for replacement parts?

Italian and I buy most of our t-5 stuff from Hanlon. If they offer it for the t-45, I recommend that you buy the how to video. Bob goes over a lot of things such as shimming that you need to know.

Not knocking your buddy or saying he doesn't know how but Ford does not build manual tranny's. AND the t-45 does not come apart the same way other Ford manuals do. That's another reason why I recommend the video.

yellowSVT · 01-23-2008, 07:42 PM

well i can say the guy you bought the car from would not sell it broke! he was not even going to sell til the offer came about! hate to hear about you trans but it sounds like maybe a easy fix with the fork! or shifter end pull the shifter first!

Matt2105 · 01-23-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowSVT

well i can say the guy you bought the car from would not sell it broke! he was not even going to sell til the offer came about! hate to hear about you trans but it sounds like maybe a easy fix with the fork! or shifter end pull the shifter first!

Thanks Robbie. He's right, I had never had any intentions of even thinking about selling the vehicle until you made your thread StangChik. I daily drove it for quite a few months without ANY problems whatsoever. I had gotten on it a few times and never had any problems out of the transmission.

Had you not been specifically looking for it, it would still be with me in Auburn, in perfect driving condition. Sounds like you might have just mis-shifted imo...

redhorse · 01-24-2008, 02:33 AM

Now now guys, go easy! Remember its a 1996 Cobra and things get old and break, (new things break too if they are manmade). I would imagine there is a bunch of miles on this car and it probably got tired. Hope you find an easy fix.

QWKSNKE · 01-24-2008, 04:54 AM

Nobody said anything about bad about the previous owner of this car, including the thread starter. She admitted that she was doing some spirited shifting when it happened.

Italian LX · 01-24-2008, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by QWKSNKE

Nobody said anything about bad about the previous owner of this car, including the thread starter.

Actually, she did make this comment in her original post:

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Originally Posted by StangChik

Ok so i just bought this 96 Cobra a couple of months ago, and I'm ready to run it off a cliff. The first time i ever gave it a good hard shift the transmission goes out. It is now stuck in second gear. We are getting ready to drop it this weekend. I guess that's why it was sold.

I meant to make a comment in Matt's defense, but forgot after answering the original question.

What she had to remember is that there is no way anyone could know that anything is about to break in the transmission. Lee and I have broken many of them, and they alomost NEVER give any warning. The only way he could know it was about to go out was to actually open up the case... and that would be way more trouble than just fixing the problem.

Stangchick, please don't take all of this as us bashing you. We just want you to realize that the transmission being on the verge of breaking could not have been the reason for selling the car.

StangChik · 01-24-2008, 06:47 AM

I didn't mean anything negative towards matt. I'm sorry if anyone took it that way. FIrst of all there was never a mis shift. If i would have missed it it probably would not have stuck in gear. I've been around these cars my whole life, and come from a family of drag racers so i know how to shift. Fact is i'm just upset cuz i just bought this car and its already on jack stands. Second of all I would trust this guy to build my tranny probably over anyone else in town. He's been doing for a long time, including working strictly for ford servicing mustang transmissions. I made this thread looking for advice on a problem, so if you do not want to help than please don't make this an argument.

StangChik · 01-24-2008, 06:53 AM

by the way i know i approached matt about selling the car so i'm not blaming him for anything. He was really cool about working with me, and he also hooked me up with a guy that i bought an xpipe from. I think that was the worst part though. I i bought the pipe and broke the car the night before i was going to put it on. Please just understand that this is everyone's worst fear when they buy a new car, well new to them anyway. I don't mind working on it, i don't mind fixing it, because it what my family does.....but that still doesn't change the fact that it sucks.

Matt2105 · 01-24-2008, 09:41 AM

The way I read it, it just sounds like you are taking a shot at my credibility.

01-23-2008, 07:42 PM	#13
yellowSVT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: anniston/saks Posts: 1,459	well i can say the guy you bought the car from would not sell it broke! he was not even going to sell til the offer came about! hate to hear about you trans but it sounds like maybe a easy fix with the fork! or shifter end pull the shifter first! __________________ http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...DSC02715-1.jpg 2004 cobra MGW shifter,spec 3+ clutch, billet flywheel, 3.75 upper pulley, banssanni exaust, 3.4 whipple, 60lb injectors, fore rails and hat, gt40 pumps, dual bypass heat exchanger. 660hp/600tq http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u...t=M2U00182.flv 2012 f150 4x4 5.0 blk 2012 rzr LE S orange 2012 rzr LE silver/blk 2003 DSG lightning 2001 ford focus ZX3 silver

01-24-2008, 02:33 AM	#15
redhorse Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Trussville, Al Posts: 819	Now now guys, go easy! Remember its a 1996 Cobra and things get old and break, (new things break too if they are manmade). I would imagine there is a bunch of miles on this car and it probably got tired. Hope you find an easy fix. __________________ Mean Little Man

01-24-2008, 04:54 AM	#16
QWKSNKE 3v's are slow Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Here and There Posts: 17,152	Nobody said anything about bad about the previous owner of this car, including the thread starter. She admitted that she was doing some spirited shifting when it happened. __________________ 2009 Porsche Carrera S 2008 ///AMG C63.. Eurocharge Tune. RIP 2019 AMG GLC43..wife's 03 F250 SD.. Edge Evo, AFE Stage 1 CAI 08 GT. JBA axle back, FRPP springs, FRPP swaybars.. daughter's 01 Cobra vert... wife's I need a new toy

01-23-2008, 03:39 PM	#11
StangChik Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 194	good to know at least its narrowed down. Thanks for the help. Now do you know of a good place for replacement parts?

01-24-2008, 06:47 AM	#18
StangChik Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 194	I didn't mean anything negative towards matt. I'm sorry if anyone took it that way. FIrst of all there was never a mis shift. If i would have missed it it probably would not have stuck in gear. I've been around these cars my whole life, and come from a family of drag racers so i know how to shift. Fact is i'm just upset cuz i just bought this car and its already on jack stands. Second of all I would trust this guy to build my tranny probably over anyone else in town. He's been doing for a long time, including working strictly for ford servicing mustang transmissions. I made this thread looking for advice on a problem, so if you do not want to help than please don't make this an argument.

01-24-2008, 06:53 AM	#19
StangChik Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 194	by the way i know i approached matt about selling the car so i'm not blaming him for anything. He was really cool about working with me, and he also hooked me up with a guy that i bought an xpipe from. I think that was the worst part though. I i bought the pipe and broke the car the night before i was going to put it on. Please just understand that this is everyone's worst fear when they buy a new car, well new to them anyway. I don't mind working on it, i don't mind fixing it, because it what my family does.....but that still doesn't change the fact that it sucks.

01-24-2008, 09:41 AM	#20
Matt2105 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Jacksonville, AL Posts: 584	The way I read it, it just sounds like you are taking a shot at my credibility.