So, S550s have a pull-up reverse lockout, huh?

[GilmourD]

So, I'm new to the S550 world and all of my in-car experience consists of a test drive of an EcoBoost auto a few years ago and the new-to-me '15 GT I bought after the untimely death of my '12 GT.

While my '12 was 100% factory stock (minus liking BFGoodridge g-Force Comp-2s better on it) my '15 is modified. I bought it off a dealer, so I didn't have direct contact with the previous owner to know exactly what was done to it, so I keep finding little things.

That brings me to my point. My shifter has a push-down reverse lockout. It never occured to me that was different since that's how my '12 was. So, now without the time to actually take things apart, I'm wondering what shifter I have in there. LOL It doesn't feel like that much of a shorter throw compared to what I've been used to from the '12 and chalked part of that up to revisions for the newer cars and the shifter having a ball-style shift knob.

The reason I found this is that I was trying to see if vibration and rattle was a common problem, but it may be inherent to the shifter itself. Am I correct in what I've gathered from my quick Googling that aftermarket shifters that are mounted straight to the transmission, like the Barton, inherently vibrate and have a bit of rattle?

Also... Now that starting this post made me go outside and look, the "thumb" knob that I had on my '12 fits perfectly on there, so I no longer have that ball on top that I just didn't like the feel of plus the bare threads underneath it because it didn't have the lockout collar.

CLIFF'S NOTES: Shifter has NVH, went Googling, found out I actually have an aftermarket shifter due to push-down reverse lockout. Is NVH due to aftermarket shifter?

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[opengl]

My MGW is trans mounted and has no discernible increase in vibration over the factory unit. MAYBE like 5% more, if that.

 

[Konamoth]

So, I'm new to the S550 world and all of my in-car experience consists of a test drive of an EcoBoost auto a few years ago and the new-to-me '15 GT I bought after the untimely death of my '12 GT.

While my '12 was 100% factory stock (minus liking BFGoodridge g-Force Comp-2s better on it) my '15 is modified. I bought it off a dealer, so I didn't have direct contact with the previous owner to know exactly what was done to it, so I keep finding little things.

That brings me to my point. My shifter has a push-down reverse lockout. It never occured to me that was different since that's how my '12 was. So, now without the time to actually take things apart, I'm wondering what shifter I have in there. LOL It doesn't feel like that much of a shorter throw compared to what I've been used to from the '12 and chalked part of that up to revisions for the newer cars and the shifter having a ball-style shift knob.

The reason I found this is that I was trying to see if vibration and rattle was a common problem, but it may be inherent to the shifter itself. Am I correct in what I've gathered from my quick Googling that aftermarket shifters that are mounted straight to the transmission, like the Barton, inherently vibrate and have a bit of rattle?

Also... Now that starting this post made me go outside and look, the "thumb" knob that I had on my '12 fits perfectly on there, so I no longer have that ball on top that I just didn't like the feel of plus the bare threads underneath it because it didn't have the lockout collar.

CLIFF'S NOTES: Shifter has NVH, went Googling, found out I actually have an aftermarket shifter due to push-down reverse lockout. Is NVH due to aftermarket shifter?

Yeah, you have an aftermarket shifter. For the better, fortunately!

Post a picture and we may be able to ID it better. Yes, trans mounted shifters will have a bit more NVH than the stock remote shifter of the MT-82, but it shouldn't be too obscene.

 

[GilmourD]

My MGW is trans mounted and has no discernible increase in vibration over the factory unit. MAYBE like 5% more, if that.

So, after I posted this I took the car for a drive to air it out (my daughter barfed in the back seat last night... ) and the amount of vibration with the "thumb" is almost not there versus the carbon fiber bowling ball that was on there. I didn't get a chance to let it cruise for a bit on the highway, which is where the NVH really shows itself in sixth gear, but I think a lot of it was literally the weight of the ball.

I forgot to do this before swapping knobs, but I asked my wife to compare the weights of the factory aluminum 401A knob from my '12 to the bowling ball, just to check my sanity, and the 401A knob was lighter. I remember the "thumb" being much lighter than either.

Not my picture, but the two actual Ford knobs in question.

 

[GilmourD]

Yeah, you have an aftermarket shifter. For the better, fortunately!

Post a picture and we may be able to ID it better. Yes, trans mounted shifters will have a bit more NVH than the stock remote shifter of the MT-82, but it shouldn't be too obscene.

I'll have to pop the cover off at some point and see what's under there.

Looking at aftermarket shifters, it's crazy how different they are compared to the '11-'14 Barton shifter that I bought for the '12 that I never got to install.

 

[m3incorp]

I am going to guess that it might be MGW with the smallest amount of throw reduction.

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