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I purchased my 98 csvt in about November. When I bought it I knew it was a fixer upper, but the lady that sold it to me told me that she had had the tranny rebuilt a few months earlier. She couldn't find her reciept but Gave me the shops name and# and said to call and give them the vin# and they could send me the records. Now this thing was grinding everytime you went near 2nd, 3rd was terrible, and if you were in it it would grind 4th, so naturally i didn't believe the lady.
About 3 months ago I took my baby to a friend of a friends shop. this guy has done several auto trannys for me, he even did my 98SE trans after i pulled it. So anyway he gets under the weather and instead of him calling me and sending my car back, he subs it out to another shop. I called the guy several times and finally yesterday he gets it back andhe tells me that they screwed it up! It won't even go into reverse or 5th, my brake lights were stuck on, and the B*$#H is still grindin' every once and a while in third!
Okay I went and got my car today,(4 the record I didn't give him a dime!)and I drove thru parts of GA & AL some interstate in 4th gear. I got it home and fixed the brake lights 1st. Then I start looking at getting 5th and R, but its not gonna happen, pretty sure i've got a bent fork there.
But the point of all of this is how can this thing still begrinding if the synchro's have been replaced twice?
2nd question is what does the Focus shift tower look like? I had heard that the contour one was plastic and the focus metal.
Sorry I got long winded but I'm pretty upset.
I don't "mod" I just fix what breaks!
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Step 1.- Stop having Rednecks repair your tranny.
Step 2.- Pull the trans.
Step 3.- Send it to Terry Haines.
How under a the "weather" was your friend that you couldn't wait an extra couple days for him to do it? 
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Originally posted by todras:
Step 1.- Stop having Rednecks repair your tranny.
Step 2.- Pull the trans.
Step 3.- Send it to Terry Haines.
How under a the "weather" was your friend that you couldn't wait an extra couple days for him to do it?
Step 4.- Get someone to kick you in the nuts for not following steps 1-3.
Honestly people - I don't know why anyone would trust someone other than Terry to rebuild their tranny  These strip-mall tranny shops simply do not know how to fix/work with the MTX 75, so you may as well walk outside your house stop the first car you see and give them $2000 cash and wave good-bye, if you're gonna get some redneck to do your tranny cos it's the same thing.
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You think for being a Jedi Knight he would have felt the need for lube in his near future.
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Originally posted by todras:
You think for being a Jedi Knight he would have felt the need for lube in his near future.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
I don't know why anyone would trust someone other than Terry to rebuild their tranny
Meh..... I don't know about all that.. My tranny has been holding up really well with the rebuild, 30k miles ago.. Not to mention, this was when the 3L was also installed, and the car has seen several powershifts in those 30k miles.
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what kind of fluid is in the trans?
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by Stazi:
I don't know why anyone would trust someone other than Terry to rebuild their tranny
Meh..... I don't know about all that.. My tranny has been holding up really well with the rebuild, 30k miles ago.. Not to mention, this was when the 3L was also installed, and the car has seen several powershifts in those 30k miles.
Mark
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Originally posted by lowbudgetracing:
what kind of fluid is in the trans?
Does it really matter?  Unless they dumped 5W-30 in it.
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You mean Ford dealerships have good mechanics?  Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by Stazi:
I don't know why anyone would trust someone other than Terry to rebuild their tranny
Meh..... I don't know about all that.. My tranny has been holding up really well with the rebuild, 30k miles ago.. Not to mention, this was when the 3L was also installed, and the car has seen several powershifts in those 30k miles.
Mark
You got lucky & got someone knowledgable. The 1%-ile.
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
You mean Ford dealerships have good mechanics?
A couple of them.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
you may as well walk outside your house stop the first car you see and give them $2000 cash and wave good-bye, if you're gonna get some redneck to do your tranny cos it's the same thing.
Or a Ford Dealership for that matter.
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Alright fella's I'm new here but I thought we were supposed to be nice! I really don't think that terry is the only freakin person that knows how to fix one of these trannys. By the way my buddy Alan is not what I consider to be a redneck, maybe your just saying that b/c you see that i'm from AL, and you're ignorant, but the point is that he subcontracted it out to another shop. He wont tell me who and thats probably for the best. He has done three trannys for me and i'm more than happy with them. I'm planning on pulling the tranny, I have PM'd Terry but he hasn't got back with me but I'm thinking of doing it myself, There is enough step by step info on this site that anyone with a little bit of common sense should be able to do it.
Now I did alot of rambling before and i just did some more to set the record straight but don't worry about me, I'm a big boy, I asked a question and only one person seems to have noticed that!
No I havent checked what type of fluid is in it but will that cause it to grind even though the synchro's have been replaced 2x's?
I pretty sure its the fork that is keeping it out of 5th & R, but I don't want to tear into it and still have the grinding.
P.S. Grown folks are talking kids Shut-up!
I don't "mod" I just fix what breaks!
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Originally posted by Stazi:
so you may as well walk outside your house stop the first car you see and give them $2000 cash and wave good-bye, if you're gonna get some redneck to do your tranny cos it's the same thing.
4 the record I still haven't spent a dime!
I don't "mod" I just fix what breaks!
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Originally posted by Obie1:
4 the record I still haven't spent a dime!
Got what you paid for then.
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Originally posted by Obie1:
Alright fella's I'm new here but I thought we were supposed to be nice!
Sorry you didn't grasp the blunt honesty.
Originally posted by Obie1:
By the way my buddy Alan is not what I consider to be a redneck, maybe your just saying that b/c you see that i'm from AL, and you're ignorant,
Did anyone say that or even hint? No! And how would we when he didn't even do the tranny in the first place?!
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Step 1.- Stop having Rednecks repair your tranny.
Maybe I read this wrong,Sorry.
You are right b/c I got more than what I paid for. I planned on paying but refused when I found the condition of my car. Alan offered to fix it but I didn't want to let him try.
I don't "mod" I just fix what breaks!
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 You know what todras, you're absolutely right. I'm just a little upset about my car. Its all in good fun and i can see that now, can't help that redneck thing though, everyone thats not one in AL gets sensitive when we hear that word, probably b/c we get stereotyped by all. The world needs more brutal honesty. Instead i'll just say, be careful about Jedi remarks, I may come up there and use the force to make you give me your keys, I can do that stuff you know! That one was pretty funny by the way even when I was mad. Any suggestions on the problem other than send it to Terry.
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Originally posted by Obie1:
I may come up there and use the force to make you give me your keys, I can do that stuff you know!
What are you gonna do, pick your hole with them? Thats about all they're good for right now!
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Just figured his is in better shape than mine right now! 
I don't "mod" I just fix what breaks!
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Originally posted by Obie1:
Just figured his is in better shape than mine right now!
If not running is better shape, then yeah, go for it.
Sh*t, you can have my keys while your at it too.
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Don't bother with trying to PM Terry; he cannot access them. Email him instead: secondline@ameritech.net
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Originally posted by Obie1:
Alright fella's I'm new here but I thought we were supposed to be nice! I really don't think that terry is the only freakin person that knows how to fix one of these trannys. By the way my buddy Alan is not what I consider to be a redneck, maybe your just saying that b/c you see that i'm from AL, and you're ignorant, but the point is that he subcontracted it out to another shop. He wont tell me who and thats probably for the best. He has done three trannys for me and i'm more than happy with them. I'm planning on pulling the tranny, I have PM'd Terry but he hasn't got back with me but I'm thinking of doing it myself, There is enough step by step info on this site that anyone with a little bit of common sense should be able to do it.
Now I did alot of rambling before and i just did some more to set the record straight but don't worry about me, I'm a big boy, I asked a question and only one person seems to have noticed that!
No I havent checked what type of fluid is in it but will that cause it to grind even though the synchro's have been replaced 2x's?
I pretty sure its the fork that is keeping it out of 5th & R, but I don't want to tear into it and still have the grinding.
P.S. Grown folks are talking kids Shut-up!
Hey... I just moved to AL, where are you at in relation to Dothan, Ozark and Fort Rucker?
Anyway, you can pull the shift tower and manually push the fork to see if it will move. It might just be a cable alignment issue, or a shift tower issue.
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Originally posted by warmonger:
Originally posted by Obie1:
Alright fella's I'm new here but I thought we were supposed to be nice! I really don't think that terry is the only freakin person that knows how to fix one of these trannys. By the way my buddy Alan is not what I consider to be a redneck, maybe your just saying that b/c you see that i'm from AL, and you're ignorant, but the point is that he subcontracted it out to another shop. He wont tell me who and thats probably for the best. He has done three trannys for me and i'm more than happy with them. I'm planning on pulling the tranny, I have PM'd Terry but he hasn't got back with me but I'm thinking of doing it myself, There is enough step by step info on this site that anyone with a little bit of common sense should be able to do it.
Now I did alot of rambling before and i just did some more to set the record straight but don't worry about me, I'm a big boy, I asked a question and only one person seems to have noticed that!
No I havent checked what type of fluid is in it but will that cause it to grind even though the synchro's have been replaced 2x's?
I pretty sure its the fork that is keeping it out of 5th & R, but I don't want to tear into it and still have the grinding.
P.S. Grown folks are talking kids Shut-up!
Hey... I just moved to AL, where are you at in relation to Dothan, Ozark and Fort Rucker?
Anyway, you can pull the shift tower and manually push the fork to see if it will move. It might just be a cable alignment issue, or a shift tower issue.
I've only been to Dothan once but i think its 2 hours, its one hour from Opelika, Then back in the woods a bit. Thanks I'll try pulling that shift tower in the morning.
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Ok, you're only a couple of hours away. I was hoping there would be some other CEG'rs closer to me.
Good luck with your mtx.
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Your site RULES!! 
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Thanks! It need some more work and a few people are working on improving some of the sections in their area of expertise.
I'm about to start on stage three of my turbo setup, I will be changing over the cheap modified manifolds to stainless steel headers. I have a lot of work ahead, but I think it will turn out really well.
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