3650 problem

[air_commando88]

i have an 04 gt with 81000 miles. i have a steeda tri-ax which i was hoping would help the problem but... is it normal for the 3650 to sometimes not wanna go into gear? Theres no grinding noise or anything, a friend with a cobra told me thats sometimes when you come to a stop the pressure plate isn't aligning properly so you have to play with it which is exactly what i do and eventually it goes in. and its only when i'm at a stop also which i find weird its like the tri-ax isn't letting the shifter go over all the way so its like hitting a dead end. any ideas?

 

[meaty mac]

Try putting it in 2nd then go up to first. See if that helps.

 

[air_commando88]

ive tried that sometimes and sometimes it helps and other times it doesn't wanna go into any gear. could it be a synchro going out? i don't think its the clutch because i have no slip or popping out of gear.

 

[meaty mac]

Yeah, it could be that. Or even shift forks.

 

[2001Bullitt]

Mine does that sometimes but I just drop second then first like meaty said.

 

[Built4.6]

+1 on the dropping to second then going to first.
Sometimes i cant throw her in reverse so I pop it in first then back to reverse and I'm good to go. I don't mind playing with it (no homo)

 

[spike_africa]

Don't know if you ever had the TSB done for the 3650. It helps to fix this issue.

 

[2001Bullitt]

Going to have to look into that one. I never thought to look at that at work. Good call.

 

[Swaie]

What's the TSB...

 

[gamatt]

Sounds like your clutch cable could be too loose. Do you have the stock cable and quadrant?

 

[air_commando88]

yea there still stock, lately for some reason though i've had no problems with it what so ever...kinda weird.

 

[gamatt]

yea there still stock, lately for some reason though i've had no problems with it what so ever...kinda weird.

Could be that the teeth on the stock quadrant are chewed up and it has trouble holding the adjustment.. That was the case with my car when I bought it with 80k miles. I put on the Maximum Motorsports cable, adjuster and quadrant and it's great.

 

[air_commando88]

Could be that the teeth on the stock quadrant are chewed up and it has trouble holding the adjustment.. That was the case with my car when I bought it with 80k miles. I put on the Maximum Motorsports cable, adjuster and quadrant and it's great.

how long have you had that maximum motorsports cable on? i've heard a lot of people just to find an OEM cable because a lot of the aftermarket ones are not that great, according to them they fray and break

 

[gamatt]

how long have you had that maximum motorsports cable on? i've heard a lot of people just to find an OEM cable because a lot of the aftermarket ones are not that great, according to them they fray and break

It actually is a OEM cable that has already been tweaked to work with their adjuster. :beer: