Having hard time shifting to Reverse... halp!!
 

Had a track day this past Saturday and everything seemed to go pretty well. NO bad misshifts, but shifting got a little notchy towards the end of the day, but 1-5 is still pretty easy, but reverse is a bitch to get into now. I chnaged the transmission fluid less than 2k miles ago with the motorcraft stuff from dealership...


Any ideas? Only fluid I haven't changed is the shifter...


Thanks...

maybe throwout bearing failiure. i know it starts getting hard to shift into gears when its on its way out but its also accompanied with some cool noises.

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Will it engage with the engine off? Can you pump-up the clutch pedal and get it to engage?

1st though 5th seem to shift fine, it's just reverse that's a bitch. I think it's the same way with the car off...

Amen to this thread. Reverse lights come on but won't back up. Sometimes I have to go from neutral to reverse 2-3 times before it will actually go into reverse

Trans Lube
 

I know it's on the "other" forum, but... You might take a look at this thread about trans lube.

The reverse switch on the rear of the transmission also has a nasty habit of grabbing on to a lever and not letting it out. Back off this switch and see if it gets any easier.

reverse
 

i do a lot of track days and tried the ford stuff as well. During the second event started having troubles 5 to 4th. Reverse was near impossible by end of event. Drained ford oil and put in Royal purple and pretty much solved the problem. I originally tried the expensive ford oil because of shifting problems, then realized it was the voo doo short shift knob. My reverse is still a little problem but the change in fluid was an imediate difference