Difficulty in changing gears

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Nov 17, 2019 | 07:47 AM

frank5079

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Difficulty in changing gears

I finished my 300 to 351 swap the summer/fall of 2018. Before mating the M5OD gearbox, I installed a new flywheel, disc, pressure plate, and throw-out bearing/slave cylinder. Here’s my problem, this past summer I started having problems shifting gears. I’ve tried bleeding the clutch and even tried reverse bleeding. It’ll shift great and then after a while the same hard to shift problem. I replaced the master cylinder a few weeks ago and it worked great that day and the next day, same problem. So I’m guessing that I need to replace the throw-out bearing/slave cylinder. Mind you, when I replaced the slave cylinder the first time around, I used a new unit for a 302 v8 from Car Quest. On their website, the slave cylinder unit for an F250 with a 351 5 speed has a different part number compared to the slave cylinder unit for an F150 wIth a 302 5 speed. I am thinking that if I have to go through to all this trouble again I want to at least use the best slave cylinder unit. You guys have any advice or suggestions?