I was driving down the road today, hoping to run a few errands before heading to Orlando Slick World to test out my fresh pair of 315/35 555Rs. Wasn't really running the car hard, but i was being somewhat aggressive. Make a turn onto another road, go through 1st gear into 2nd, reach for 3rd and get nothing but a rev.
WTF?! I know i didn't miss?! Try for 4th, nothing... 2nd, nothing... uh oh. Manage to coast the car into a parking lot and immediately unscrew the shift knob and remove the boot. Not a problem with the handle (had a bolt break before). Didn't have a socket set handy to remove the shifter, unfortunately. The shifter would move in any direction, stopping for nothing. NO gears available.
Called up a friend who has free towing service, and after nearly 5 hours of waiting for a tow truck, the car is finally towed to the local mustang shop (LaMotta Performance), where Jake checks it out. Removes the shifter only to find the balljoint-like part of the shifter (sticking out from the bottom, which is what actually "shifts" the transmission) snapped off completely. I have NEVER heard of anything like that ever happening before? I figured a shift fork would break before a shifter?!
About 15 minutes later, the Tri-Ax was replaced for free and the whole predicament didn't cost me a cent. Made out pretty good on that deal, considering i was almost sure it would require a tranny rebuild at first.
Anyone else ever have this happen, or hear of this happening?
WTF?! I know i didn't miss?! Try for 4th, nothing... 2nd, nothing... uh oh. Manage to coast the car into a parking lot and immediately unscrew the shift knob and remove the boot. Not a problem with the handle (had a bolt break before). Didn't have a socket set handy to remove the shifter, unfortunately. The shifter would move in any direction, stopping for nothing. NO gears available.
Called up a friend who has free towing service, and after nearly 5 hours of waiting for a tow truck, the car is finally towed to the local mustang shop (LaMotta Performance), where Jake checks it out. Removes the shifter only to find the balljoint-like part of the shifter (sticking out from the bottom, which is what actually "shifts" the transmission) snapped off completely. I have NEVER heard of anything like that ever happening before? I figured a shift fork would break before a shifter?!
About 15 minutes later, the Tri-Ax was replaced for free and the whole predicament didn't cost me a cent. Made out pretty good on that deal, considering i was almost sure it would require a tranny rebuild at first.
Anyone else ever have this happen, or hear of this happening?
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