3rd Gear Grind

[KilluminatiDre]

Anyone with Barton or MGW experience this?

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[Nazgul]

For me second and third have some sort of gear nibble until the trans warms up when shifting. While I will eventually swap fluids its nothing major at this time. I've put in a white line transmission mount, a shifter energy suspension bushing, also removed the clutch helper spring, while these help reduce the nibble its still there but only until its warmed up.

Gear nibble is a perfect way to describe this. I have been skipping third and going straight to fourth to avoid it. Once the car warms up I have no issues. Call it a quick of the Trans but that's my fix for the time being.

 

[DiEzel]

Was just told today I can expect to not have my car till the middle of June. Was informed parts would hit state side sometime around the 1st, and then the process of parts or trans being shipped to dealer - then installation...

Needless to say, Time to turn into the sqweeky wheel. 100% unacceptable.

Oh - It's now week 2 officially, I'm just getting my loaner..:rant:

 

[Nazgul]

Was just told today I can expect to not have my car till the middle of June. Was informed parts would hit state side sometime around the 1st, and then the process of parts or trans being shipped to dealer - then installation...

Needless to say, Time to turn into the sqweeky wheel. 100% unacceptable.

Oh - It's now week 2 officially, I'm just getting my loaner..:rant:

Hey at least they are covering it right.

 

[Asharus]

Unreal

 

[DiEzel]

Hey at least they are covering it right.

I haven't been given a 100% definitive answer of yes, I'd like to say yes - I hope so..

I guess I'm just beside myself and rather disappointed, I would think that they would have parts or complete units by now in case said issue did arise.

Not to mention being a die hard Ford fan, All my Chevy buddies are loooooving this..:headbonk:

 

[thehunterooo]

Wow is this a fake thread?

 

[Tim Hilliard]

Anyone with Barton or MGW experience this?

Barton and no clutch spring. 3K miles including track time. Mine has no issues so far, but Barton Shifter made a huge difference with multiple pilots. Factory shifter is 80% of the problem.

 

[JohnK]

I've not had any of the shifting issues described here on my GT PP. No problems at all...

 

[KilluminatiDre]

Barton and no clutch spring. 3K miles including track time. Mine has no issues so far, but Barton Shifter made a huge difference with multiple pilots. Factory shifter is 80% of the problem.

Thats good to hear.

 

[imaginager]

Sorry to hear it's come to that. In my case, Ford said no transmissions available and availability unknown, then I was told 6 weeks. That's what triggered my Auto Line complaint on a Friday.

After the next weekend, Ford said they would send a transmission and it would take up to 2 weeks. At that point, my dealer offered to swap in a transmission from another GT they had on their lot. I followed up with my dealer and they said Ford did send the transmission, it took about a week for the dealer to receive, IIRC.

No one could explain Ford's reluctance to send a transmission. Hope your complaint results in some action and results for you. Quickly!

 

[VTECSAUCE]

Just changed to amsoil. Seemed to have helped greatly but I still feel a slight bit of friction going in. To me it feels far better than previous mt82's. Also a weighted shift knob will probably help. I know that sounds weird but it did a world of good in my old si with a decent fluid swap. I'll eventually get one for this car and review it.

 

[DiEzel]

Sorry to hear it's come to that. In my case, Ford said no transmissions available and availability unknown, then I was told 6 weeks. That's what triggered my Auto Line complaint on a Friday.

After the next weekend, Ford said they would send a transmission and it would take up to 2 weeks. At that point, my dealer offered to swap in a transmission from another GT they had on their lot. I followed up with my dealer and they said Ford did send the transmission, it took about a week for the dealer to receive, IIRC.

No one could explain Ford's reluctance to send a transmission. Hope your complaint results in some action and results for you. Quickly!

Thanks, And thanks again for the positive words - I hope everything went well for you and the car is great, and that the dealer isn't bitter towards you - That's one of my biggest worries with pushing it this far - But, What has to be done, has to be done... I feel the answers given are unacceptable, especially the timeline..

Being told the earliest the complete units and or parts would hit the docks being June 1st, and car delivery middle of June - Who knows what the real ETA is, or when the dealer would actually have parts.. I was just given these deadlines after a week of uncertainty..

 

[Cascadia_302]

What a painful thread to read through. I really feel bad for all those having the issues described here.
Ford finally designs the Mustang I want to purchase and then all this, not to mention the body panel problems people are experiencing.
I purposely avoid first year model runs to see how the manufacture deals with the teething issues that invariably will arise but this is concerning to say the least. The fact that replacement parts/transmissions are unavailable and on back-order may be an indication the MT82 problems are larger in scope and that the supplier is struggling with maintaining quality during production rate increases.
I still want to order a 16MY PP but I'll wait to see how things workout which I'm sure they will.
Best of luck to everyone (and Ford) on a resolution to these issues.

 

[tevaburns]

I do feel a 3rd gear grind when the car is cold but it's pretty gentile. Once the car is warmed up it's gone.

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