please help me trans problems????
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please help me trans problems????
I need help. I have 1986 f150 and the motor seems to run fine but when in gear (4 speed man. trans) the motor revs up but there is very little power. It will barely even go up small hills. Also when it is in too high of a gear the trans shakes so much it seems like it will fall right out of the truck. I'm thinking it is the clutch any other ideas. (sometimes it grinds when putting into gear also). Any help or other possibilities would be appreciated.
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please help me trans problems????
f150dude.
1st question. Did you just buy this truck, or have you had it for a while & these problems are just starting to show up. I had an f150 4x4 with an I6 engine, 4 speed manual trans (with o/d as 4th gear) that I had bought back in 86'. It was a good running truck but when in a head wind you could not use 4th (o/d). The same would be with a heavy load. The clutch would also be tough to deal with towards the end of the clutch life. Tough shifting, grinding, etc. At one point I would get approx 1-1/2 years out of a clutch. Thats all. The vibration and hard shift definetly sounds like a clutch related problem although this peticular truck of mine was a tempermental shifter from day one. You may want to look into a larger clutch if your flywheel has the bolt pattern to accept it. One more thing, go with a ford clutch. I used after market one time. That was the last time. The actual clutch wear surface was larger on the ford clutch than on a reputable auto parts dealers version. Good luck.
Jakegypsum
Ford fleet. Soup to nuts.
When the wind is just right, you can just listen to those Chevys rust..............Just listen.
1st question. Did you just buy this truck, or have you had it for a while & these problems are just starting to show up. I had an f150 4x4 with an I6 engine, 4 speed manual trans (with o/d as 4th gear) that I had bought back in 86'. It was a good running truck but when in a head wind you could not use 4th (o/d). The same would be with a heavy load. The clutch would also be tough to deal with towards the end of the clutch life. Tough shifting, grinding, etc. At one point I would get approx 1-1/2 years out of a clutch. Thats all. The vibration and hard shift definetly sounds like a clutch related problem although this peticular truck of mine was a tempermental shifter from day one. You may want to look into a larger clutch if your flywheel has the bolt pattern to accept it. One more thing, go with a ford clutch. I used after market one time. That was the last time. The actual clutch wear surface was larger on the ford clutch than on a reputable auto parts dealers version. Good luck.
Jakegypsum
Ford fleet. Soup to nuts.
When the wind is just right, you can just listen to those Chevys rust..............Just listen.
