T5 whining/howling?

sirr0bin · Sep 5, 2004

I have a 1987 mustang lx hatch 5.0 with original borg warner T5
after I took it to a local shop, 2nd gear and 3rd gear have been making a whining or howling noise, which gets louder/higher pitched the higher the RPM goes

its still shifting fine, and isnt grinding/slipping/etc, but the whining noise is worrying me

is my T5 about to explode? any suggestions?

edit: also, tranny has 114,000km on it (kilometers, not miles)

DMAN302 · Sep 5, 2004

check fluid and just drive it...if it starts to act up worry about it then. Mine whines 1,2,3 but runs like a top-actually I like the sound.

jpctln · Sep 5, 2004

Mine only has a whine in 3rd gear @3000+. I wish it had a whine in all of the gears, want to trade?

stangla2 · Sep 5, 2004

It maybe your throwout bearing...

04sleeper · Sep 5, 2004

My old 82 used to whine with an old SROD 4 speed when I bought it. It only had 1 quart of fluid in it. Gave me a good excuse to upgrade to a new T-5.

Labora · Sep 5, 2004

Mine was freshly rebuilt by the last owner. Third Gear was whining horribly when I got it and now 3rd is starting to grind if you are speed shifting. Start saving for a new transmission....

cjman15 · Sep 5, 2004

mine whines a good bit, got about 68,000 on it... sounds pretty cool to me

90_Red_LX · Sep 5, 2004

Myns has been getting a little worse lately, I really don't need it giving out right now though. .

mustangman33 · Sep 5, 2004

I had the same problem with my trans, it just got louder and louder till it finally went out, it whined in every gear but 4th, it is the input shaft, you maybe able to prolong the damage just make sure you have tranny fluid in it.

sirr0bin · Sep 5, 2004

thanks for the responses

i guess when i get my car back out of storage next spring, I'll make sure to replace the ATF asap, and hope for the best

ohhhhh how I want a T56 so bad though.... :G

bmorrisj · Sep 5, 2004

yes it will explode....mine fubar'ed at the begining of aug, still need replacement...

FrdMustangCpe · Sep 5, 2004

mine vibarates like hell in 3rd and up over 2500rpm. like if you put an air chesiel up to the shifter, its kinda freaky....

Rick 91GT · Sep 5, 2004

If the fluid level is good and you hear the wine in 1st, 2nd and 3rd (almost all cases are very hard to hear in 4th) it is most likely the imput shaft front bearing.

T-5's have a bad design for fluid travel to the front bearing and then tend to starve for fluid. If the front bearing lets go, kiss the tranny good buy it will break anything in it's path.

bmorrisj · Sep 5, 2004

when my tranny let go i lost everything 'cept 4th (driving home was fun, kinda glad i was on the freeway)..

with the clutch engaged i can slip in and out off all the gears, 4th grinds until the input shaft stops spinning (shot syncro) and engages fine.... should i rebuild it or just pick up another t5 (i really want a 3550/tko but im an unemployed student so my funds consists of tumbleweeds...

dont mean to hijack

mustangman33 · Sep 6, 2004

You can get the input shaft replaced, I paid 550 for new input shaft and what ever else was broken, also, it messed up my center force clutch also, is it supposed to do that.

5spd GT · Sep 6, 2004

Just curious but with you guys that your transmission "let-go"...what exactly did it do and what were you doing...I just upgraded to more power (h/c/i) and a stronger clutch (KC clutch...isn't installed yet)...and my 95 T-5 whines just a little...just curious to what actually happens when they lose it...noises?...etc...

_jb_ · Sep 6, 2004

Mine winds also, but you can really only hear it if you cup your hand over the knob.

mustangman33 · Sep 6, 2004

It just kept getting worse and worse till finally one day I was coming home from the engine shop, and I felt like clunk, then I pulled over and that was it, when I tried to move all it did was clunk, didnt try anymore just had it towed back to the stable, I knew it was something with the tranny cause it still turned over.

5spd GT · Sep 6, 2004

mustangman33 said:
It just kept getting worse and worse till finally one day I was coming home from the engine shop, and I felt like clunk, then I pulled over and that was it, when I tried to move all it did was clunk, didnt try anymore just had it towed back to the stable, I knew it was something with the tranny cause it still turned over.

So speaking of getting "worse and worse"...your referring to the whine getting louder?

mustangman33 · Sep 6, 2004

5spd GT said:
So speaking of getting "worse and worse"...your referring to the whine getting louder?

yep, it just got louder and louder, then before it finally went out, I felt like a tremble when I accelerated, then heard the clunk, and that was it.

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