:whine:Well guys, I suppose it had to happen eventually, I took my Cobra to the annual "ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSTANG ROUNDUP" in Steamboat Springs, Co on Thurs.
First thing that we all did as a group was do a drive into the hills, and the first stop was up a steep hill going to a local H.S. There were so many cars in line that I complained to my wife that I was going to burn the clutch before getting up into the parking lot!
Made it but on the entrance back to the county road where there was a ton of cars waiting in line just to turn to go up the hill, I decided to give the boys in Shelby's a little show. Pulled out onto the street, popped the clutch at 2800 RPM, and when I boiled the hides and tried to shift to 2nd...couldn't get it out of 1st:uh oh:, and it was like the clutch went to the floor.
After killing the engine I was able to get into 3rd gear, and then couldn't change gears, sooooo; I drove the 28 miles back to town in 3rd at 3000 RPM!:dw:
Had at least 10 guys trying to help by adjusting the Steeda cable, didn't work!
So drove to our hotel and tried to work on it there...nothing, in fact it was getting worse. I parked the car in reverse so I could back out of parking spot, couldn't shit it till I killed the engine, put it in 1st very forcibly:mj:. The next day tried to drive it in the Autocross...not a good idea, somehow it made it worse again. By then I couldn't shift out of 1st at all. Drove it @ 4000 RPM all the way through the town to a Ford dealership.
Guys, there it sits, no one can figure out what the problem is, so today they are pulling the tranny and then will gut it I suppose to see what is wrong. They said it will take at least a week maybe 2 since no one in the mountains has parts etc for a T45! :xpl::bs:
Anyone looking to buy a 98 BAB Cobra?:fm:
First thing that we all did as a group was do a drive into the hills, and the first stop was up a steep hill going to a local H.S. There were so many cars in line that I complained to my wife that I was going to burn the clutch before getting up into the parking lot!
Made it but on the entrance back to the county road where there was a ton of cars waiting in line just to turn to go up the hill, I decided to give the boys in Shelby's a little show. Pulled out onto the street, popped the clutch at 2800 RPM, and when I boiled the hides and tried to shift to 2nd...couldn't get it out of 1st:uh oh:, and it was like the clutch went to the floor.
After killing the engine I was able to get into 3rd gear, and then couldn't change gears, sooooo; I drove the 28 miles back to town in 3rd at 3000 RPM!:dw:
Had at least 10 guys trying to help by adjusting the Steeda cable, didn't work!
So drove to our hotel and tried to work on it there...nothing, in fact it was getting worse. I parked the car in reverse so I could back out of parking spot, couldn't shit it till I killed the engine, put it in 1st very forcibly:mj:. The next day tried to drive it in the Autocross...not a good idea, somehow it made it worse again. By then I couldn't shift out of 1st at all. Drove it @ 4000 RPM all the way through the town to a Ford dealership.
Guys, there it sits, no one can figure out what the problem is, so today they are pulling the tranny and then will gut it I suppose to see what is wrong. They said it will take at least a week maybe 2 since no one in the mountains has parts etc for a T45! :xpl::bs:
Anyone looking to buy a 98 BAB Cobra?:fm:
