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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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Transmission woes

Forgive me for asking about a 57 Ford transmission on this forum, but you guys are a lot more active than the ones on the 57 Ford site I frequent.

Anyway, the 3-speed/overdrive tranny in my 57 Ranchero won't stay in 1st gear. As soon as I have any momentum it pops out of 1st rather abruptly. I replaced the bushings on the shift rods (column shift) and adjusted the rods but it still pops out. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

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David
 
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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Go here: Site Index - The Old Car Manual Project
there is a 1958 ford repair manual that covers the same OD Tranny as yours.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Cool! Thank you for the link!
 
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