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G'day All, Nashy/FG-XR6T, Just wondering how you guys got on with your service department. Did you get the entire gearbox changed? Result? I hope you guys have had the problem resolved. Adding to my own situation, I now have the 'Neutral Rollover' sound, only present in neutral with the clutch pedal out. This one doesn't bother me as you can barely hear it, only if you give it a little blip, then it's quite bad. Thanks guys. Murray

G'day All, Thank you to everyone for replying, although it is sad to hear this is happening to other people, it is comforting in a strange way. Nashy, you mention your dealer is intending to replace some parts after contacting Ford......do you know which parts they intend to replace or are they doing the whole gearbox? FG-XR6T, I have heard about this 'Neutral Rollover' & also 'Cold Clash' however my car does not suffer from this problem (touch wood). Please let us all know the result once the new gearbox is fitted. Timbo, I must agree......It is very embarassing when taking family & friends for a spin. I get some strange looks, but I reasure them it is a performance car & it is 'supposed' to do that.....I almost believe myself, I've said it so many times In my opinion, the noise is caused by excessive backlash in the gearbox. As 1st & 2nd gears are quite high ratios, once the clutch pedal is depressed, the driving force is suddenly released and the gears rattle against each other. From 3rd gear up, the ratios are smaller and therefore the difference between neutral and driven is smaller, causing the level of backlash do reduce. This is just my opinion, I have no evidence to support such a claim. I am of the opinion these gearboxes are either built out-of spec (excessive backlash) or they are built as per spec & Ford needs to revise the specification. Thank you once again for your replies, hopefully we will hear of some successful outcomes with the guys getting their gearbox's fixed. Regards, Murray

Hello everyone, I picked up my new FG XR6T last week & absolutely love the car. Ride, Handling, Steering is just superb & the engine.......brilliant. It is however not all good news. My car is a manual & I have an issue when changing from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd and also when crawling in 1st gear and coming to a stop. When depressing the clutch pedal to change gear there is quite a disturbing rattle coming from either the gearbox or the clutch. This noise is not evident from 3rd gear onward. It is most pronounced during the 1st to 2nd change, reduces to about half the intensity on the 2nd to 3rd change. It is also very loud when the car is rolling in 1st and you depress the clutch to come to a stop (ie: in stop/start traffic, creeping a few metres each time). I took it to my dealer and one of the mechanics drove the car with me alongside. The mechanic said it was completely normal & referenced the old BA/BF models as being well-known for having this issue. My problem is, he focused on the noise occuring when jumping on and off the throttle leaving the car in one gear. He said this was backlash in the gearbox, and I completly agree with him. I was already accepting of this (I can accept some noise, this is a performance car after all) and this wasn't my complaint. I was complaing about the much more aggressive rattle sound when the clutch was depressed in the two lowest gears. Although the noise was there with the mechanic driving, it wasn't as severe. I put this down to the service people knowing how to drive these cars super smooth & making the minimum noise. When I take it back for a second opinion I will be driving it. My question is, has anyone else with a FG manual experienced the same or similar sound. Can any of the more experienced members provide assistance with the possible cause and advice if this is indeed 'normal'. Thank you in advance for your support. Regards, Murray

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