Anyone Experience this??, Manual Tranny Shifting Problem Options

[Fastbird]

This is probably going to be for the forced induction guys more than anyone, but here's my issue:

I CANNOT hit a hard shift into 2nd at WOT in the car. Simply put, the tranny refuses to go into 2nd gear, and third gear offers quite a bit of resistance at high throttle inputs also. When driving easily however, it shifts fine into any gear I want it to.

Call me crazy but I've always had trouble shifting cable actuated manual transmission under heavy loads. What I think is happening is that my old/weak motor mounts are allowing enough movement in the motor that enough of a shift happens to throw off the sync of the cables to the shifter. What I'm trying to do is get some verification on this.

Thoughts? I must have tried 4-5 times last night on the way home from work to bang a high RPM WOT 1-2 shift and it wouldn't happen.

[easternpiro1]

damn! back from the dead!


im having THE SAME EXACT problem except that its with my 2nd and 4th gear most of the time, and when i try to downshift. it feels sorta mushy as if something was in the way, so i looked at the cables (from inside the car) and noticed that one of the gold colored brackets used as a washer for the cables going in and out of the shifter was off... fixed that and thought i was good... it continued...

I looked in the engine bay at the connections, and everything seemed fine, unless im missing something. like previous posts say i guess i will look for the tranny oil bolt and see if i can add some syncromesh

anyone else have any suggestions? im kinda stumped... Fastbird how did you resolve this? did shifting proper fix it in your case? (changing shifting technique didnt work for me and im scared to mess with that clutch bolt again as the u shaped bracket bent on me and i had to bend it back with my teeth a few months ago lol)

edit: i looked for the bold and couldnt find? about where is the bolt on the 5sfe?

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Jul 16, 2009 - 6:57 PM