There's a huge amount of talent and the right equipment required to do that well, when a second on the clock is a huge thing. and i was considered one of the better drivers. When i was autocrossing, i would miss shifts, corners, hit cones. Sorry guys behind me trying to miss me, I can drive a little bit but the car refuses to shift right this minute. Coast about 200 yards, keep trying.okay, THERE is 3rd gear. Sometimes the car doesn't even WANT to shift. Cars were weaving to pass me and I'm waving out the window with the other hand, "Go around." I'm pushing and pushing on the shifter but it's like 3rd gear wasn't even there where it was supposed to be. It was always going from second gear to third, after the slowest turn, Turn 7. So.with the Tremec (sp?) transmission in the Mustang, it's like at extreme heat the gears expanded or something. At the end of a 15-minute run, Red's hood was too hot to touch.Īnd I was missing shifts. Still not blazing fast of course, but really working the car. With the tire pressure settings FastEd provided, I was actually working that car. Last time out at Road Atlanta running within view of Superman's Vette, I got Red as hot as I've ever gotten him. The TV announcers would say, "Looks like he missed a shift or something." I couldn't fathom the idea, how do you miss a shift? When you're a professional driver and that's all you do, all the time? How do you "miss a shift?" That's shameful.at that level.Īfter the race, there's the driver being interviewed, and sure enough, "Yep, I missed the shift coming out of that curve." i've learned to accept it.Back when I was watching NASCAR races all the time on TV (and a few times in person), I was amazed when at a a real short track or especially on a road course, some driver would really slow down all of a sudden. What can I do?my truck does the same exact thing. My guess is the valve body might be experiencing drain back and losing prime. It MIGHT do it twice in a day if I park it at work and leave later in the day.īeing that it's difficult for me to show the dealership early on a cold day (before the sun warms it back up), I haven't been able to reproduce it for the dealership besides showing them a video, and they don't want to accept that. 1st to 3rd works fine, but when it comes to the shift point in 3rd, the whole truck bucks forward, then finally engages 4th gear after a second.Īfter that first time, it won't do it anymore until the next cold soak. However, the first cold start of every day, when I get on the road and it shifts automatically from 3rd to 4th, it acts like a manual transmission "missing a shift". I recently had my transmission rebuilt by a dealership under warranty due to a cracked friction plate.Īfter I received it back, it drove fine and I didn't notice anything wrong. I have never heard of one being rebuilt either, I would actually rather have one out of a wrecked truck. I trust auto trans re builders that little. and if I still end up getting stuck with a "rebuilt" 10 speed I might be selling the truck. If that fails I want to personally witness the rebuild of the trans and know who exactly is doing the work. I mean I am throwing a royal hissy fit if that doesn't happen, up to and including potentially having to be removed from the dealership by security if it doesn't happen. 2 things, if I have trans issues I am demanding a crate transmission brand new from ford. The shop beer cans and bailing wires it to get it past the warranty period after that its fo getta bout it. typically what shops do is offer a warranty, if you have problems in the warranty period you take the trans in to be fixed. everyone I have heard of having an auto trans rebuilds ends up having to have it rebuilt again pretty soon after. And that is not with a freaking 10 speed! I would not trust anyone in my area of 2 million people to rebuild anything beyond a GM turbo 400. Rebuilt, WTF?!?!? the first thing I would want to know is WHO EXACTLY rebuilt it!!!! go watch a youtube video sometime of an auto transmission rebuild.
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