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  1. davmacdon

    Syncros blown or pilot bearing draging

    1st gear syncro welded to output shaft. Well I tore down my tranny (thanks to jrichker for manual pdf ) and I am thinking great all the gears look nice. Well I get down to the output shaft and all is going well until....I take 1st off and the bearrings fall out of the cage burned to a crisp...
  2. davmacdon

    What transmission should I get if any?

    I tore into my T5 because 2nd gear was grinding. I wanted to get just the 2nd gear Syncros, but the only thing I am able to get is the output shaft assy for $400 plus 2nd gear for $80. I wonder if I am stepping on my dick to put all that money into fixing the tranny or should I just get a new...
  3. davmacdon

    Need help w/ Finding Invoice

    I think I am going to get rid of my 94 GT Vert and a few other toys over the next 6 months and probably get an 05 GT. I work for my familys GM dealership and own all fords. Not the best subject at family gatherings. hehe When the hype runs out the dealers will just want to move iron...
  4. davmacdon

    Need help w/ Finding Invoice

    If a salesmen can get more out of the car the dealership is happy. But to move inventory, cars will be sold for pretty much no markup. The salesmen will get what is called a mini. This money does not come from the car deal itself. It is a different fund for rainy days so to speak. It varies...
  5. davmacdon

    Need help w/ Finding Invoice

    I work at a dealership and we really don't make as much as you would think on a car. Yes when new models come out we get sticker price and sometimes more but after about 6 months those people that will pay sticker have done so and the price drops a lot. We are in a competative market and will...
  6. davmacdon

    Test drove a 05 GT for about 20 miles!

    The '04 GTO is lame. Despite its 350 hp it has terriable wheel hop. The '05 is going to have 400 hp.(the rear tires will probably hop through the quarter panels then) The GTO is acctully a car already made in Austraiula by a company called Holden it used to have a v6. GM justed got lazy and...
  7. davmacdon

    Syncros blown or pilot bearing draging

    Thanks a lot for the info. I think that I will tackle it with the help of one of our GM tranny guys. He has done a few GM t5's in his day and said he would help me do it. It will make me feel better if some is there to say "he stupid, you put that in backwards" hehe Again, thanks for...
  8. davmacdon

    Do I have a T5 world class or not

    Does a 1994 GT come with a world class t5? I need to rebuild it and don't know what kit to order. I am guessing since it takes syncromesh ATF that it is, but I just want to make sure.
  9. davmacdon

    Syncros blown or pilot bearing draging

    I guess I was trying to pretend that it was something else. I work at a GM dealership and have use of the lifts. I will have to hold my head low and do the repair after hours to avoid all the abuse(usual comments about fords from GM folk). Pulling the tranny is the easy part. Are syncros...
  10. davmacdon

    Syncros blown or pilot bearing draging

    I recently wasted my clutch, all the clutch pad stuff flung off on a downshift. The clutch pedel went to the floor(clutch materal jammed stuff up) and I had to yank pretty hard to get it to shift.(thought I would limp home) I replaced clutch, pilot bearing, ground flywheel, UPR firewall cable...
  11. davmacdon

    Distributor disassembly problems

    The distributor cost about $90 and was a breeze to install. Make sure you mark the distributor position when you take the old one out. I was off 1 tooth when I put it back in and had to go to TDC. But again it was easy. Car runs like new again. Do you have any shaft play? Check the...
  12. davmacdon

    Weird clutch tranny problem...

    I just called out local Ford dealer and was told that the clutch cable would be $186.00 but since I work at another dealership it was only $149.00. I thought they were around $30. Is it possible to adjust the stock cable at all?
  13. davmacdon

    Weird clutch tranny problem...

    I replaced the clutch and put things back together NOW my problem is grinding gears as I put it in first or second. It really does not want to go into first at all and second grinds. With the clutch pushed in and putting it into second I can hear the tranny grinding. If I put a little...
  14. davmacdon

    Distributor Pick-Up Coil...How do I get this thing out?

    If you have it out of the car you need to press out the pins holding the retainer ring and the gear out then press off the gear and retainer. I did mine in a vige but you need to be carefull not to mushroom the bottom of the shaft. The bottom of the shaft runs your oilpump. I ended up...
  15. davmacdon

    Weird clutch tranny problem...

    WOW it ended up being a shattered clutch. It must have been all of that POWER POWER POWER :-) Pieces were hung up all over everything binding the clutch fork and the fingers on the pressure plate. That would have explaned why the cable would get tight then loose. I am going to waste the...
  16. davmacdon

    WIll a 94 Cobra Clutch work in a 5.0 GT?

    Looking at a heavy duty clutch that is for a 94 Cobra. Will it fit a 94 5.0 GT?
  17. davmacdon

    Weird clutch tranny problem...

    I was in fith gear going about 60 pushed in the clutch and down shifted. I went to shift back into 5th and the clutch pedal went to the floor with no resitance. At first I thought I had broken the cable. I could not disengage the clutch. I coasted into a parking lot with the car in gear. I...
  18. davmacdon

    What would cause my car to skip at low RPM's

    Supaman, I don't think the vane/shutter is suposed to contact anything. The vane/shutter is just supposed to disrupt the magnatic field as it passes through the pickup(Hall effect). I took my distributor apart and was going to rebuild it but no one sold the the vane/shutter by itself(I guess...
  19. davmacdon

    If you ever work on your car at night and need underhood light......check this out!

    In my old LX 5.0 I took the hood light from a 280Z. It looks like a small torpedo with a switch at one end and a light at the other. If you twist the light is comes apart and makes a mini 6 foot drop light with a hook on the back to hang it anywhere. Most any junkyard will have one.( I think...
  20. davmacdon

    What would cause my car to skip at low RPM's

    I would first remove cap and rotor and then remove the vane/shutter (the thing that the rotor goes on) it is held in place by two 1/4" nuts. Once you have it off look at the inside edge to see if it has been contacting the pickup(mine looked good on the outside but when I removed it I could see...
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