steelynirvana
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- 1993 Explorer
Hi New member here, bought a 93 XLT 4wd 2 weeks ago. Not my first Ford but is the first manual trans vehicle ive owned in nearly 15 years.
Anyway, my uncle taught me when your coming to a stop your supposed to "row" backwards through the gears (5-4-3-2-1) and when I do alot of times it feels like the trans is still spinning because I can feel it in the shifter and sometimes grinds for a second before it goes into gear (even though ive got the clutch to floor and can definitely tell its disengaged from the engine as the rpms go up and back down as im pressing the clutch in). What causes this?
Ive also noticed it likes to take it time going from 1st to 2nd. I can pull it down into second gear but it will be a 2-3 second delay. I can forcefully pull it but i get the feeling im hurting the trans when I do even though it doesn't grind or make noises. Just agravating I cant "speed shift" and row through the gears quickly as id like. I know they make a kit that is suposed to tighten up the shifter, would it fix this problem?
Lastly, past day or 2 ive started starting out in second gear by giving it some gas and feathering the clutch out due to the hesitation I get going from 1st to 2nd and the fact 1st seems kinda low for this truck( Have 3:73 rear end gear), takes no time at all to wind it out and I find I can get a decent start and wind up to 35 or so before having to shift into 3rd. Am I doing any damage to the clutch/trans/engine by starting out in 2nd gear?
Thanks in advance for any responses and your patience reading this (somewhat) long post
Anyway, my uncle taught me when your coming to a stop your supposed to "row" backwards through the gears (5-4-3-2-1) and when I do alot of times it feels like the trans is still spinning because I can feel it in the shifter and sometimes grinds for a second before it goes into gear (even though ive got the clutch to floor and can definitely tell its disengaged from the engine as the rpms go up and back down as im pressing the clutch in). What causes this?
Ive also noticed it likes to take it time going from 1st to 2nd. I can pull it down into second gear but it will be a 2-3 second delay. I can forcefully pull it but i get the feeling im hurting the trans when I do even though it doesn't grind or make noises. Just agravating I cant "speed shift" and row through the gears quickly as id like. I know they make a kit that is suposed to tighten up the shifter, would it fix this problem?
Lastly, past day or 2 ive started starting out in second gear by giving it some gas and feathering the clutch out due to the hesitation I get going from 1st to 2nd and the fact 1st seems kinda low for this truck( Have 3:73 rear end gear), takes no time at all to wind it out and I find I can get a decent start and wind up to 35 or so before having to shift into 3rd. Am I doing any damage to the clutch/trans/engine by starting out in 2nd gear?
Thanks in advance for any responses and your patience reading this (somewhat) long post