5sp Man.

[nayff]

G'day everyone. I have a 2003 xr6t with the 5sp man. Has anyone else had problems with selecting 3 gear occasionally. Either from 2nd to 3rd or from 5th back to 3rd. Seems to catch and baulk sometimes. Is there a fix or is it just how the gearbox is?! Thanks all.

[LUMO]

to the forum 'nayff'.

I have the same thing happening with me I thinks its normal I hope its not a bad thing

[nayff]

Thanks LUMO. Good/Bad that's its not just mine. I'll put up with it for a while longer.

[stealthxr]

Replace the oil in the T5 with castrol transmax Z (1.9 -2.0 L) , then replace and bleed your clutch fluid Properly as this fluid is prone to

braking down with the positioning of the fluid line, use a good quality fluid.. This should dramatically improve shifting and

clutch feel...

failing that your Clutch Is Farked and or possibly your 3rd gear Syncro's.. Good luck..

There is plenty more on this if you do a search in the sponsors section "Mal Wood"

Pete

Edited 03/05/07 01:08 PM by stealthxr

[INFLYT]

Pete, scare these kid's abit and tell them what happened to your T5 5 speed gearbox.

[Harry_BFXR6T]

Hey Guys, I have the T56 box. Does anyone know if its bad to skip gears with this box. I have been in the past with double clutching and the stick seems to fall into place no problems. But my old boy, from another generation says this is bad for the box. what are your thought's

[XR06T]

what do you mean skip gears? while accelerating or decelerating?

I remember mal saying it is bad going from high revs in the lower gears (ie 2nd) to low revs in high gears (ie 5th), puts alot of strain on the syncros in the higher gear.

I skip gears on decel but always give the throttle a tap before I select, for example I dont try to jam it in 2nd at 85kph with no revs on board..

the shift quality was never very good in my t5, even with transmax, but it does improve with better fluid.

[stealthxr]

  INFLYT said:

Pete, scare these kid's abit and tell them what happened to your T5 5 speed gearbox.

well , to put it simply there was not much left of it... the actual 3rd gear was broken in three peice's ..syncro was shatered

Well that's what you get 300+ kws and a extreme clutch, but ford were really good about it, they replaced the box 1 week from warranty expire and told me that my cluctch was rooted because of shudder...

[RUS531]

I have noticed this with mine too but I give the stick a little wiggle and always kick up my revs to and estimated rpm. does anyone know of a tutorial for the oil and fluid change

[nayff]

Thanks all for the replies. The cars due for another service soon so I'll buy some oil and get my mechanic to do a change as Pete suggested. Then see how we go from there.