IMPORTANT - can't reverse

Hello, I have a 1994 mustang gt, with a 5 speed in it, and everytime i go to put it in reverse, it is a loud knocking sound from under the car, it used to work fine. it did it a couple times, so I'm almost positive its not something I'm doing.


The cars got over 200,000 miles on it, not sure about the tranny or engine, I think the tranny might be original though and the engine from another car.

the clutch is also been catching high, but i bought the car with a pretty beat clutch to begin with.


im getting pretty frustrated, i haven't tried anything on it, but this is my baby, and my only car.

bump.

nah, what happens is when i shift into reverse, i'll give it a little gas, let out the clutch, and it just makes banging noises.

its really loud, its not like a grinding noise that im like halfway in gearor anything.


I can get it into reverse fine, but it wont go anywhere and just makes alot of noise.

before it started though it was like impossible to get it into reverse, like you said, i would shift down to it, and it just seemed like i was pushing in random spots trying to find it.

Zero_chance said:

Unfortunately even if we could venture a guess the only definitive answer will be when the tranny gets torn down. You might want to start thinking about a rebuild.

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yeah, going to rebuild the tranny and put a new clutch and such in.

my throwout bearing sings anyway so i can fix that.

all forward gears that i've been in work.

I got it in 4th gear for a tad bit but i haven't had it on the highway yet. I will see tomorrow.

black87ttop said:

it actually sounds alot like broken teeth.
A couple years ago, i took off fastly in reverse, spinning the tires with tons of wheelhop and bang stripped all the gears off reverse. Whenever you put it into reverse and let the cluthc out , it just made sounds like you were sticking metal into a garbage disposal.

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thats how mine was.


the sound and the wheel hop before it stopped working.

it hasn't made the noise at all today, i tried going in reverse and no luck, but it didn't make that noise. it did originally.

i know i have to take the tranny apart to see whats wrong with it, but i wasn't sure if anyone could tell me what i gotta look for basically. I'm sure if its broken teeth I'd see all the metal laying in the bottom of the tranny.

If this is the case, and all the parts and tools I need are available, think this would be a one day job?

also, can you all recommend a good clutch for everyday driving, i plan on taking it to the track also, right now the car is stock.

I will be probably driving around to a couple shops, but no ordering online deals.

price range = not real expensive, but not so cheap that i'll be going through clutches like crazy if one will last me longer but is more expensive, I'd rather go for the more expensive one, so I don't have to tear everything apart when I have to replace it again a couple months down the line.