T56 5th gear problem
11-21-2010, 02:18 PM
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T56 5th gear problem I have read all over the site but I canīt find anyone with my problem.
I canīt get the 5th gear in at all.
Every other gear works perfect.
When I drive the car and tries to put in 5th gear I can feel the teeth from something but it never goes in.
The car was like this when I bought it so I donīt have a story of how this came up.
I canīt get the 5th gear in at all.
Every other gear works perfect.
When I drive the car and tries to put in 5th gear I can feel the teeth from something but it never goes in.
The car was like this when I bought it so I donīt have a story of how this came up.
11-23-2010, 02:44 PM
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I had a similar problem to this with my car. I couldn't shift from 4th to 5th but I could fake into 6th then to 5th. This was like 3 years ago when Six Speed was still in business and I'd had them rebuild about 6 months previous. I sent it back to them since it was still under warranty and Amber told me I had broken the 5/6 shift fork. You might have similar problem, just throwing it out there.
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11-27-2010, 12:25 PM
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2000 SS here and my 5th gear is a hit or miss. Sometimes it will take but it grinds every time. I do all of my own mechanical work but have never had a t-56 apart. I wonder how hard it would be with good instructions and if you need any special tools? I would send mine to Tick, but 1200 dollars is stiff and that doesnt even count your 5th gear troubles. Then the cost of the damn clutch, which sets my H/C back even further. 34000 miles 5th gear should be fine, I bet metal shavings have already put a toll on the rest of the internals.
11-27-2010, 08:21 PM
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Or, just make the 400-mile drive
I've actually have several people drive up from your area. They all said that its really hard to find a good shop down in S. Texas. It takes about 5 hours to remove, rebuild, and install the trans. Just let me know if I can help!
11-28-2010, 02:14 AM
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2000 SS here and my 5th gear is a hit or miss. Sometimes it will take but it grinds every time. I do all of my own mechanical work but have never had a t-56 apart. I wonder how hard it would be with good instructions and if you need any special tools? I would send mine to Tick, but 1200 dollars is stiff and that doesnt even count your 5th gear troubles. Then the cost of the damn clutch, which sets my H/C back even further. 34000 miles 5th gear should be fine, I bet metal shavings have already put a toll on the rest of the internals.
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...-0610-0199.pdf
https://ls1tech.com/forums/manual-tr...-write-up.html
11-28-2010, 09:21 AM
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2000 SS here and my 5th gear is a hit or miss. Sometimes it will take but it grinds every time. I do all of my own mechanical work but have never had a t-56 apart. I wonder how hard it would be with good instructions and if you need any special tools? I would send mine to Tick, but 1200 dollars is stiff and that doesnt even count your 5th gear troubles. Then the cost of the damn clutch, which sets my H/C back even further. 34000 miles 5th gear should be fine, I bet metal shavings have already put a toll on the rest of the internals.
