4th gear in Toploader??

6hypo5conv_old · April 18, 2011 at 12:14 PM

My car has been restored for over 2 years now, and just last week I took it for a short drive enough to finally get it into 4th gear.

The shift from 3rd to 4th is kind of weird feeling-there is no real resistance between 3rd and neutral or between neutral and 4th...I have no good/real way right now to raise the car up enough to slide under it to have a look.

My trans was completely gone through by David Kee as my car was being restored so by rights it should be ok.

My shifter was rebuilt/restored by Bill Heeley so IT should be ok.

My trans was opened up and disassembled by my restorer so it could be P&O finished, then reassembled........Any ideas on whats going on? I DO have 4th gear but it feels very limp and not crisp like the other gears.

chucks302 · April 18, 2011 at 1:27 PM

I would check the shifter mount bolts and the shifter adjustment also , after a first run it may need adjustment.

66gtk · April 18, 2011 at 1:27 PM

Any difference between moving at speed and going through the gears inside your garage?

6hypo5conv_old · April 19, 2011 at 6:57 AM

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I would check the shifter mount bolts and the shifter adjustment also , after a first run it may need adjustment.

Thanks! I will check the shifter first.

6hypo5conv_old · April 19, 2011 at 7:00 AM

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Any difference between moving at speed and going through the gears inside your garage?

No, There is not.

I have been doing some thinking on this and I do remember having this same thing happen MANY years ago with my very first Mustang after it had been rode hard and been put up wet way before there was anyone restoring them-it turned out to be either loose mounting bolts or a VERY worn shifter I can't remember which......gotta get it up in the air and have a look-see.

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