Home
What's new
Latest activity
Authors
Store
Latest reviews
Search products
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New listings
New products
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Cart
Cart
Loading…
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Change style
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
Mustang Forums
Mach 1
'5.0 Stroker Aluminator Build' Picture Heavy
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="matthayn" data-source="post: 15147427" data-attributes="member: 121241"><p>After over 400 miles I've had a bit of a setback. I was halfway through a third gear pull when the countershaft of my T56 let go. Luckily I was only a few miles from home and able to limp the car to my garage in 4th, the only gear I had left, and it still was making some God awful racket down there... </p><p></p><p>To give some history on what caused this see an earlier posted pic of my old input shaft (edit: bottom of post #16). That should have been a red flag to me that something has been really wrong in this trans for a while, now I know it was most likely a countershaft issue, clearance, shims, something way off. The trans had always whined a bit, but it was worse after pulling it and getting the input shaft right, and seemed to continue to get a louder whine after making pulls to datalog/tune up until it popped. I'm sure that new input shaft is trashed now too.</p><p></p><p>So I need a new trans, I want to start fresh, i'll let someone else rebuild this one if they want it. I can't decide on sourcing a stock T56 with 26 spline input or pulling the trigger on a Magnum. Anyone have recommendations? I know there's a few modifications needed to make a Magnum work, just not sure if it's worth the hassle.</p><p></p><p>Also thinking of selling my pre production 03 longblock to offset the cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="matthayn, post: 15147427, member: 121241"] After over 400 miles I've had a bit of a setback. I was halfway through a third gear pull when the countershaft of my T56 let go. Luckily I was only a few miles from home and able to limp the car to my garage in 4th, the only gear I had left, and it still was making some God awful racket down there... To give some history on what caused this see an earlier posted pic of my old input shaft (edit: bottom of post #16). That should have been a red flag to me that something has been really wrong in this trans for a while, now I know it was most likely a countershaft issue, clearance, shims, something way off. The trans had always whined a bit, but it was worse after pulling it and getting the input shaft right, and seemed to continue to get a louder whine after making pulls to datalog/tune up until it popped. I'm sure that new input shaft is trashed now too. So I need a new trans, I want to start fresh, i'll let someone else rebuild this one if they want it. I can't decide on sourcing a stock T56 with 26 spline input or pulling the trigger on a Magnum. Anyone have recommendations? I know there's a few modifications needed to make a Magnum work, just not sure if it's worth the hassle. Also thinking of selling my pre production 03 longblock to offset the cost. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Mustang Forums
Mach 1
'5.0 Stroker Aluminator Build' Picture Heavy
Top