Hey i just got my shepparrd racing transmission in my car and all set up. When i went to drive the car 1st felt like i was pusing though sludge 2nd shifted perfect 3rd felt like sludge 4th shifted perfect 5th felt like sludge and reverse is perfect?!?! the shift linkage looks fine no bents or kinks. I dont get it?!!!? any help would be awesome thanks guys.

 

Did you use new tranny fluid? How much did you use? What kind did you use?

 

2.9 quarts of SyncroMesh

 

call up dentsport

 

Possibly bent/broke your shift linkage...recheck it or replace it. Does anyone have any feedback on a braided one?

 

Sounds like a linkage problem because of the gears its happening in. Im going to assume its not an internal problem because shep is extremely reliable and its not a fluid problem cause youre not stupid when it comes to that, you know what to use and how much to put in.

I know that when i had my tranny out i ended up bending the brass linkgage connectors that are mounted to the tranny just from sliding it around. Its possible that the linkage responsible for 1st 3rd and 5th gear could have gotten tweaked from being out of the car for so long. I mean dude....Russ worked on it. Enough said.

 

already did they not really sure what it could be.

Shep said maybe bent shift cable and i thought maybe shifter bsuhings? Anybody else have this happen to them?

 

Check the shifter cables and then make sure all the clips are in place that hold in the shift linkage.

 

OK ill check out and let you guys know today or tomorrow anybody know how hard it is to put new shift cable in, if its that?

TeStUd0 thanks for the help!

 

Had the exact same symptoms and it was the shifter cable. Quick and easy fix.

 

nice where did you get the shifter cable? mitsu wants 110 bucks, and do you think its easy enough for me to do on my own?