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Aug 26, 2005 | 11:51 AM

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wierd third gear problem

Ok did a search didnt find anything. Racing my buddies cobra last night(on the track of course) power shifted into second no problem started to pull on him powershifted third and thought I missed it looked down it was in third.except it was like it was in neutral and didnt want to come out of third. Got it out went back in worked fine. We went again same thing! Got it out and it worked fine again. Got on it today powershifted fine. WTF! new ram powergrip hd less than a month ago and replaced the slave as well. Have a new master havent put it in yet.any ideas? I was going to the track tomm. but not with no third gear

Aug 26, 2005 | 08:37 PM

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What year car? Might have a bent shift fork, happens to alot of them. Or you broke a syncro key. Gonna have to drop the trans & inspect the carnage.

Aug 27, 2005 | 07:59 AM

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It is a 1998. It has been shifting fine ever since it hapened. On my way to the track this morning guess I'll find out!!!

Aug 27, 2005 | 08:54 PM

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Plan on pulling it out & overhaulling that trans in the future.

Aug 27, 2005 | 09:40 PM

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yeah mine sucks ***. i got a 98 ta and pops outta 3rd sometimes and grinds , 4th wont even go in, 5 grinds sometimes. I thought these Tremecs were HP transmissions. eeerrrr

Aug 28, 2005 | 01:06 AM

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yeah mine sucks ***. i got a 98 ta and pops outta 3rd sometimes and grinds , 4th wont even go in, 5 grinds sometimes. I thought these Tremecs were HP transmissions. eeerrrr

It's all how you shift 'em. I just got my car out of the shop. Turns out I broke the shift fork, now I have a steel one. Back on topic; I would start with the master and do the tranny too. You won't know until the tranny has been disassembled.

Aug 28, 2005 | 08:35 AM

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gonna start with the master. hopefully thats all but I will keep an eye on it

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Aug 30, 2005 | 07:50 AM

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It is possible to find a mystry gate between 2nd and 3rd. The linkage seems to lock up but selects no gear even though the stick is towards 3rd.This happens with a certain style of shifting . afaor those whe get it, it seems to happen frequently. An aftermarket shifter with a higher neutral-biasing spring load can help with this.

Aug 30, 2005 | 07:51 AM

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BTW If this is your only concern( sticking in the mystry gate) you prolly do not have to get into the box as there is really nothing to "fix" with it.

Aug 30, 2005 | 10:00 AM

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that is exactly what happened. Only happened that one night twice hasent happened since. I was banging third pretty hard. I will pick up a pro 5.0 shifter soon . Thanks alot you just took a load off my mind!