Shifting problems.
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Shifting problems.
OK I need some help for you experts. I have a 79 F150 302 with a 3.03 3 speed manual top loader with Hurst shifter. Shifts felt a little loose and the linkage felt a little wigglly? So I got some bushing and new cotter pins for the linkage.. now since all have been replaced I can't get the truck to shift into 1st or 2nd.. it will go into reverse and third... when I try to get to first gear sounds like clutch is grinding.I don't know a)what I did; or b) what happened in general.
I need your help ....maybe a simple step or some thing I missed during chaging the bushings? Figured it was an easy job.
I need your help ....maybe a simple step or some thing I missed during chaging the bushings? Figured it was an easy job.
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Don't know what you mean by saying the clutch is grinding. More than likely the gears in the tranny are grinding. You might need to readjust the linkage. Disconnect the linkage from the shifter then insert an alignment pin in the shifter. Now ensure both shift levers on the transmission are in the neutral position. Adjust the linkage/s as necessary till they properly align with the shift levers, Reattach the linkges to the shifter then remove the alignmeent pin. This should fix your problem.
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Don't know what you mean by saying the clutch is grinding. More than likely the gears in the tranny are grinding. You might need to readjust the linkage. Disconnect the linkage from the shifter then insert an alignment pin in the shifter. Now ensure both shift levers on the transmission are in the neutral position. Adjust the linkage/s as necessary till they properly align with the shift levers, Reattach the linkges to the shifter then remove the alignmeent pin. This should fix your problem.
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Depending on what you did to the clutch linkage that may be your problem causing the gears to grind. Also are you sure that when you reconnected the linkages to the correct levers on the shifter?
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Everything was done under the truck I did each bushing individually and put it right back the way it was on each end of the linkage. There was a lot of play in each linkage cable, when i.changed the bushings and cotter pins, they firmed up. The only thing that I really messed with was the fork and adjusting rod... I just don't know how to adjust it back to working order.
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OK thanks it's gotta be something I'm missing, like I said third works everytime just can get 1st or 2nd.
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