Talk about pissed off! Under hard acceleration 4th gear scratches like a mad chicken now! Ironically, it didn't do it until right after I got my Flowmaster though I think that has nothing to do with it...

I only have 10, 500 miles on it, and it's an '03. I might take it to the dealer and have them re-fill the tranny with fluid and see if that helps. Any suggestions?

 

Nope, but I do have a theory. I also have the same trouble sometimes, read my thread on " sticky tranny" somewhere on this forum. I read somewhere that the clutch master cylinder may not be stroking far enough to completely dis-engage the trans under load. As far as I can tell the stroke is not adjustable on the o.e.m. part.

 

i grind second and sometimes third under hard acceleration all thet time... i figured i was just letting the clutch out too early. Who knows?

My dad says "if you cant find em, grind em. Next year they're makin them outta rubber."

Did i also mention that my dad is crazy? LoL

 

Hey,dude, that's between you and your dad. I would change my master cylinder, but I don't know if you have to have access to the slave cylinder to bleed the system or not. If so, then I'll wait 'til I need a clutch and do it all at the same time. I've tried different fluids in the tranny, from standard to synthetic, but it only does it under load, or hard acceleration. If I accelerate like my granny, then there's no problem.

 

Thanx for the help Travlnman

 

Hmm..never ha a prb only time I grind is when I forget about that crappy 10 mile an hour lockout for 1st. And everyone who has ridden with me knows I shift hard eerytime, aint gonna lsip my cluth for a comfy ride I drive my truck like it was Fords new GT-40 !!

 

true4.2,
NO sweat, that's what this forum is for, that and getting your rating up for more postings. If I find any specific info on the master cylinder, I will put it up lickety split!

 

I'm to the point where I don't think it is anything too serious...just me flooring it past 100 too many times!

 

Heck,

Even my auto trans acts up if I beat on it a bit. I think it's the fluid getting too hot. We don't have tranny radiators. what I thought was one, turned out to be a power steering fluid cooler.

I'm going to take the truck over to Steeda and have them toss in a tranny radiator for 150.00 bucks. I'm sure it will give me longer tranny life, and help it perform better when i'm stompin' on it.

Tom