one more quick pro50 question

[swl987]

i just installed it and i have a question. when you put it into gear is it supposed to move around. the stock shifter stays in it's position when its in gear but the pro50 moves back to center when in gear and it can move left and right. feels sloppy. should'nt it stay in place when in gear.

 

[jeff1414]

Mine does not move around at all when it is in gear. I don't think it should do that???????

 

[inferno9898]

shifer handle loose on the base or stop bolts preventing it from locking firmly in gear are possibilities

 

[5spd GT]

It's been a while (2 years) since I put the Pro 5.0 in the 2000 GT...but check and see if the "cup" is still in it's hole...the bottom of the shifter goes in it...I'm not for sure if the 99-mid 01's have the cup...but I do remember my 93 lx having a loose shifter (more recently) because the "cup" came out of it's holder...after taking it off the cup was just sitting to the side out of the hole...

When you get it fixed you will love it

David

 

[xseler8]

Make sure the shifter is the correct one for you Mustang. Confirm the part #.

 

[twogts4us]

Subscribing...My wife's 01 with a T-45 and a Tri-Ax feels exactly like this. I posted a thread but got no responses. Just sloppy, like a "baseball bat in a rain barrel".
I may pull it apart this weekend and inspect the cup...likely will chg the fluid while I'm in there...

 

[swl987]

it was the cup on the bottom. the instructions said nothing about the cup. im pissed. it stayed on the old shifter. now it holds in place. i guess im not that pissed because it works now.

 

[Cobra5337]

the exact same thing happened to me, the "cup" popped out on the old shifter and when I put the new one in it felt sloppy, didnt take that long to realize what happened though.

 

[twogts4us]

I wish this were my problem, but I don't think it is. I recall paying careful attention to the cup (I think it's on the 3650 where the cup is supposed to stay on the shifter and on the T-45 it's supposed to stay in the trannie - not sure exactly why that is, but that is what I recall from when we did the install) The old shifter was the Blue Thunder and, because of the sloppiness, I just assumed it was a POS, so we replaced it the Tri-Ax...same problem still exists. Is it possible that the cup is damaged? As I said before, I'll be removing it this weekend and inspecting it...but something is wrong. My gut feeling is that the trannie is trashed, but it otherwise works fine (except for being a PITA to get into rev and often popping out of rev).