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General Sport Trac Discussion
Transmission Issue Anyone Aware of?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Wilson" data-source="post: 534034" data-attributes="member: 62656"><p>Lisa, Just some guesses, but I think they are educated guesses, as I use to be a </p><p></p><p>Certified Mechanic. (By the way, Welcome!!!)</p><p></p><p>One could be what they refer to as clutch cable stretch, not letting your clutch</p><p></p><p>fully disengage even though you have the clutch pedal fully depressed, due to </p><p></p><p>normal wear on your clutch cable. The other could be a need to adjust the clutch </p><p></p><p>cable (usually a part of routine maintenance on stick-shift transmissions) due to </p><p></p><p>clutch plate wear in the transmission. I make my diagnosis on the following:</p><p></p><p>You did say that you were "driving around". If your transmission were completely</p><p></p><p>shot, you would not be able to do this. The other part of this is, when the motor is</p><p></p><p>running it puts a load on the transmission, even though you may not be driving it </p><p></p><p>at the time, and this may make it harder to shift gears, (out of reverse to first, </p><p></p><p>first to reverse, etc...). In other words, start it in neutral, you only have neutral, </p><p></p><p>start it in 1st, or a forward gear you only have that gear-set, start it in reverse, </p><p></p><p>you only seem to have reverse. This seems to be the trouble you are describing. </p><p></p><p>These sound to me like symptoms of clutch wear or clutch cable stretch. If you </p><p></p><p>re-post to us on this website, I am sure that we can diagnose this for you. </p><p></p><p>Give us a little more info on things such as your driving habits, mileage on the</p><p></p><p>Trac, or do you pull a trailer, and this will help us in helping you. Tracnblack...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Wilson, post: 534034, member: 62656"] Lisa, Just some guesses, but I think they are educated guesses, as I use to be a Certified Mechanic. (By the way, Welcome!!!) One could be what they refer to as clutch cable stretch, not letting your clutch fully disengage even though you have the clutch pedal fully depressed, due to normal wear on your clutch cable. The other could be a need to adjust the clutch cable (usually a part of routine maintenance on stick-shift transmissions) due to clutch plate wear in the transmission. I make my diagnosis on the following: You did say that you were "driving around". If your transmission were completely shot, you would not be able to do this. The other part of this is, when the motor is running it puts a load on the transmission, even though you may not be driving it at the time, and this may make it harder to shift gears, (out of reverse to first, first to reverse, etc...). In other words, start it in neutral, you only have neutral, start it in 1st, or a forward gear you only have that gear-set, start it in reverse, you only seem to have reverse. This seems to be the trouble you are describing. These sound to me like symptoms of clutch wear or clutch cable stretch. If you re-post to us on this website, I am sure that we can diagnose this for you. Give us a little more info on things such as your driving habits, mileage on the Trac, or do you pull a trailer, and this will help us in helping you. Tracnblack... [/QUOTE]
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