antonioxr Member 29 Member For: 15y 6m 8d Posted 28/04/10 01:19 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 01:19 PM hey guys was at the drags 2 night and as I was reving through 4th gear 3/4 through the track and went to shift to 5th the gearbox would not change gears ? then on next run did the same thing and wouldnt shift out of 4th and actually dropped itself into 3rd redlining and wouldnt hit 5th ? then I put it in performance drive and as it got up 2 4th would just red line and not shift 2 5th ? anyone experienced this problem? car is running around the 350kw mark has 73 k on it with no previous gearbox servicing also gave it a highway squirt and when it revs through 4th wouldnt shift to 5th and actually dropped into 3rd again??? any help would b much appriciated thanks antonio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 15y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 28/04/10 01:29 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 01:29 PM (edited) sounds like you cooked it.let it cool overnight and go for a drive in the morning and let us know Edited 28/04/10 01:29 PM by Paulie2256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman The Cleaning Dudes Ute Silver Donating Members 1,308 Member For: 18y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Bentleigh, Vic, Australia Posted 28/04/10 02:40 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 02:40 PM I did a long 1,000k drive over the long weekend. Mines did something similar, except in third gear.Just wouldn't change to fourthI've had mine serviced about 10,000k's ago too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatboy Member 6 Member For: 18y 6m 3d Posted 28/04/10 03:55 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 03:55 PM why are you changing to 5th at the drags?4th easily gets you to the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 20d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 28/04/10 08:09 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 08:09 PM at least get is serviced - transmax z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BensXR6T Member 478 Member For: 15y 10m 8d Gender: Male Location: Burpengary QLD Posted 28/04/10 09:32 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 09:32 PM (edited) why are you changing to 5th at the drags?4th easily gets you to the line.Maybe on a stocker ... but with 350 at the wheel he's gonna need 5th ...I'm with paulie, let it cool down and see if it behaves itselfand get the bloody thing serviced!! Edited 28/04/10 09:35 PM by BensXR6T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jescam Member 55 Member For: 20y 3m 27d Location: NSW Sth Coast Posted 28/04/10 10:28 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 10:28 PM Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I would say your gearbox is stuffed. My gearbox was doing exactly the same thing, apparently it was slipping badly.From what I was told, basically there are 2 sensors, one on each end of the gearbox, and if they detect more than 5% slippage the gearbox won't change gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji_vs Donating Members 403 Member For: 16y 6m 7d Gender: Male Location: East Suburbs Melbourne Posted 28/04/10 11:22 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 11:22 PM Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I would say your gearbox is stuffed. My gearbox was doing exactly the same thing, apparently it was slipping badly.From what I was told, basically there are 2 sensors, one on each end of the gearbox, and if they detect more than 5% slippage the gearbox won't change gear.Would that put it into limp mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6_Tornado F6+300+ Member 940 Member For: 20y 6d Location: In The Ute Posted 28/04/10 11:41 PM Share Posted 28/04/10 11:41 PM The box is simply slipping with all that torque and as such will need some new clutch's and preferably upgraded to handle the 350kw you are shoving down its throat.Once upgraded it will handle that 350 easily. as long as the tuner also knows how to set the trans setting in his tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shananp Member 248 Member For: 15y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Werribee Posted 29/04/10 08:11 AM Share Posted 29/04/10 08:11 AM Maybe on a stocker ... but with 350 at the wheel he's gonna need 5th ...I'm with paulie, let it cool down and see if it behaves itselfand get the bloody thing serviced!!there is no way he needs 5th gear...should be crossing in 4th.Are you positive its the 4th to 5th or is it 3rd to 4th?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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