Tranny went today...HELP!!!

[dragginuts]

Ok so I'm trying to drive from Tampa to Orlando today to catch a plane. Getting on the interstate the car would not go into 4th gear, so I skip it and go to 5th. I get it into 5th with no problems, then I'm driving about ten more miles and I go to downshift and it will not come out of 5th gear. So I keep trying, and finally I pull off the side of the road. I try to adjust the clutch and see if this is the problem, no dice. So I had it towed, good thing I have AAA, to a Ford dealership in Tampa. Well they tell me they can't look at it and tear it down til Tuesday, so I'm trying to figure out what is wrong in the meantime. Any ideas, I was thinking it was the syncros gone bad. Thanks in advance. This is what I'll be doing til I get a rent-a-car...

 

[downsouthman1]

Man I hate to hear a story like that. We seem to have similar goals w/ our cars. I hope everything works out for you w/ the clutch. Would it not go into any gears?

 

[KaPPaBaLL]

your throwout bearing could've gotten screwed.. what were the symptoms? any difference in clutch feel, vibrations, any types of smell? etc

 

[dragginuts]

No difference in anything, just all the sudden couldnt get it out of 5th gear, and before that could not get it into 4th. Anybody that is an expert know what could be wrong?

 

[dragginuts]

Just to fill you guys in, it was my short shifter, so be carefull installing these things. I followed the directions exactly to the T and still somehow messed it up.

 

[oldskooler79]

Just to fill you guys in, it was my short shifter, so be carefull installing these things.

Thanks for the heads up, that's pretty scary.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

That's one of the reasons why I don't want to put another shifter in my GT. I'm afraid of things like this happening. Plus, I also have the 7 Year/100,000 mile extended warranty and I don't want to void the warranty from something like a shifter instal.