Warning for mt-82 owners

[Ray]

If you mess up and miss a shift and the clutch makes the transmission go bad . You get to pay for both. Atleast that is my case. $4600 for a new transmission and clutch.

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[oilfieldtrash]

I don't understand the appeal of standard transmissions. You have the risk of things like this, worse fuel mileage, clutch replacement, slower shifting, and in the case of the mustang a weaker transmission. Let it go imo. Technology advances.
Sorry about the transmission. Hope you find a way to get the money. Don't just take the hit on the credit imo. You'll pay $4600 anyways over the next several years in higher interest rates, higher insurance costs, etc. Even jobs are checking credit these days.

 

[Hogie]

Ouch, are you mechanically inclined? Clutch and transmission swaps aren't too hard of a job if you have the time and tools.

I understand it wasn't Fords fault for the problem, but it would be nice if they could help you out with some good will assistance.

 

[oilfieldtrash]

I wouldn't suggest an out of warranty transmission swap. Might as well have ford replace it and keep the remainder of your warranty

 

[Sered]

I don't understand the appeal of standard transmissions. You have the risk of things like this, worse fuel mileage, clutch replacement, slower shifting, and in the case of the mustang a weaker transmission. Let it go imo. Technology advances.
Sorry about the transmission. Hope you find a way to get the money. Don't just take the hit on the credit imo. You'll pay $4600 anyways over the next several years in higher interest rates, higher insurance costs, etc. Even jobs are checking credit these days.

It really depends on the manual you drive. Some are better than others. Some are bad enough where it will make you wonder 'what's the use?'.

Go drive an S2000 or NSX in anger and become a believer of what a real manual transmission feels like After owning an S2000 for 2 years, all other manuals just feel clunky and unrefined; especially my M3 :/

I'm with you though, I think I'll be driving mostly autos from here on out unless its a car meant to be 'raw' like a GT350 or a Porsche GT3, etc.

 

[Asharus]

did you tell them you accidentally shifted to 2nd instead of 4th or did they figure that out on their own

 

[OppoLock]

I don't understand the appeal of standard transmissions. You have the risk of things like this, worse fuel mileage, clutch replacement, slower shifting, and in the case of the mustang a weaker transmission. Let it go imo. Technology advances.
Sorry about the transmission. Hope you find a way to get the money. Don't just take the hit on the credit imo. You'll pay $4600 anyways over the next several years in higher interest rates, higher insurance costs, etc. Even jobs are checking credit these days.

Can we all not reply to this in order to keep the thread on track? Agreed? Agreed.

 

[kz]

I don't understand the appeal of standard transmissions. You have the risk of things like this, worse fuel mileage, clutch replacement, slower shifting, and in the case of the mustang a weaker transmission. Let it go imo. Technology advances.
Sorry about the transmission. Hope you find a way to get the money. Don't just take the hit on the credit imo. You'll pay $4600 anyways over the next several years in higher interest rates, higher insurance costs, etc. Even jobs are checking credit these days.

Driving manual transmission and not misshifting it is a pretty basic driving skill that billions of people around the whole world mastered while driving way worse transmissions than MT-82 is.

Can't argue with not understanding the appeal, but each and every single day of driving my Mustang makes me happy I did not go with automatic.

 

[Asharus]

Can we all not reply to this in order to keep the thread on track? Agreed? Agreed.

Driving manual transmission and not misshifting it is a pretty basic driving skill that billions of people around the whole world mastered while driving way worse transmissions than MT-82 is.

Can't argue with not understanding the appeal, but each and every single day of driving my Mustang makes me happy I did not go with automatic.

i've disagreed with pretty much every single thing he's said so i just ignore everything he posts

 

[Asharus]

did you tell them you accidentally shifted to 2nd instead of 4th or did they figure that out on their own

no need to answer this question, i just saw your other thread.

 

[theereverand]

The problem is human error on your part. Why would Ford have to pay for your mistake. Sorry for your issue, but that is life and we must learn from our failures.

Just a thought.


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[GordieBobfish]

If you mess up and miss a shift and the clutch makes the transmission go bad . You get to pay for both. Atleast that is my case. $4600 for a new transmission and clutch.

You aren't telling people the whole story that you told in your other thread. You didn't just "miss a shift" you were at the top of third under hard accel and downshifted the car to second instead of fourth.

No transmission/clutch on earth is going to take that kind of abuse lightly.




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[DR_]

How do they know something is wrong with the transmission? It doesn't
appear they service the transmission and only replace the whole assembly so I doubt they opened up the transmission. I suspect that they are just saying new transmission to cover their a$$es. I would take it to a independent shop and ask what is the cheapest way to get it back on the road and see if they will just install a new clutch.

 

[ssyellow]

Warning: Don't mechanically over-rev the engine.

Solid advice.

 

[GordieBobfish]

Warning: Don't mechanically over-rev the engine.

Solid advice.

Haha exactly.


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