okay so i just baught a 94 f150 extended cab it 4x4 has 186,000 miles paid 800 bucks for it cause of this problem but it runs great it is 5 speed but it is suck in second gear but shifter is in neutral position??? ive price a transsmision and they told me about 900 bucks and they sayed these trucks had too different transmission the zf and a mazda or somthing like that how do i tell the difference between the too?? and how hard will it be to fix the one i got im pretty mechanical inclined.

 

The ZF has a low first gear and is a heavier trans. The Mazda has a 3.91 first gear.

Mazda: ribs are up and down, ZF, ribs are diagonal. Pics:

http://www.motivegear.com/tech_info/...nny_guide.html

You should have an inspection plate in the floor of the truck. From that, you can remove the shifter and top cover. Typical wear items in the Mazda box includ shifter bushings and even shift forks. All replaceable through that cover.

This concerns the rubber plug issue, which sometimes leads to leaks. Some clear shots of the top of the trans.

Save your M5ODR1, M5ODR1HD or M5ODR2 manual transmission - Ford Ranger Forums - The Ultimate Ford Ranger Resource

More of the same:

M5OD Mazda Design Manual Five Speed Transmission Preventative Measure .: Articles


Rebuild with pics, hold that thought, you aren't there yet:

5spd Transmission rebuild....M5OD - Page 3 - Ford Explorer Ranger Enthusiasts "Serious Explorations"®

Shifter fix:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...rs-update.html

Includes link to parts:

M5R1 / M5R2

There was a fork replacement article with pics, but I just can't find it.

Check out the cover. You should be able to see obvious issues, and I think it's pretty straight forward once you are in there.

 

so you think its the bushings in there that went bad??

 

The worst case of the best case would be a worn shift fork.

Once the shifter, bushings and forks are checked, all via the top cover with the trans in the truck, the next step is removal and disassembly of the trans.

 

I still can't find the one I want, but this has clear pics of the inside of the top cover--off a T-bird. Yours is slightly different, as your shifter is on top the cover, not on the tail shaft housing.

M5R2 Tailhousing Assembly

Ahh Haaa, closer to your situation:

M5R2 Transmission Stuck in 2nd Gear - Ford F150 Forum

1983 Ford Bronco Diagrams picture | SuperMotors.net

One note I see says you have to pull a seat out....not sure on that.

 

okay well i pulled the shifter out the top of the transmission not shift fork cover the cover that has three screws on it and there is sapose to be bushings in ther right?? and too thin washer style things?? there was one washer and no bushings in there and with the shifter in the transmission you can lift it up abou a 1/4 to 1/2 inch and it has alot of side to side play but anyways when i pulled it out i cranked the truck up and got a flat head screw driver in there and yas playing around and got it in neutral and put it back in there and was able to drive it down the road got all thew way up to third gear being easy with it and then i messed up and tryed to shift kinda fast and the same thing happened it got stuck in gear and was in neautral posiion but would go in 3 and 4th gear it felt like???? what could it be i got it back to neutral and left it think its those bushing missing??

 

and i stuck my hand in there around the cover didnt feel no holes where the caps go in that cover, they seemed fine

 

You can search "mazda m5od bushing kits" and find this and a host of others:

Manual Transmission Replacement Parts Product Line

 

okay so i ordered this, M5R1 M5R2 Shifter Repair Kit

 

Good luck with it, maybe that will do the deed. As long as those plugs aren't leaking, you are OK. You'd know, you would have come up with a hand full of goo.....

 

okayy, thanks and i hope it does to and how do i check the fluid in it???? when its in neutral and its idleing i can here a garggeling sound like fluid moving aroung but i didnt no if i should add some or what??

 

Plugs on the driver side, one drain, one fill. A little over 2 quarts. A colorful discussion:

M50D-R1 Tran fluid drain and fill. - Ford Ranger Forum

 

thanks man.

 

Mine was stuck in gear once. It was a bad shift fork. I replaced both shift forks which was a fairly easy job. No problems since.

 

yeahh, as soon as the new shifter repair kit comes in im going to try it but if it dont work then im going to pull the cover and replace the shift forks