You have been warned.

[Domestic Violence]

just talked to the transmission shop several of my relatives use. told him my 5th gear synchronizer has been acting weird. he said "is it a T5?" i told him it was and he said he's made a good living replacing synchros in T5s. he said he might be able to retire early if they keep making T5 with bad synchronizers. he also said he's done a lot of 2000+ T5s from f-body cars. he was telling me that i was lucky to get 45,000 miles out of it.

parts: $150
labor: $150

i guess next week i'll be driving one of my dad's vehicles for a few days over this stupid synchro.

[StockV6Cam]

Mines been going for 74k miles and are all still good. Oh well, I must be lucky! :D

[MustangEater8251]

did he replace all the synchros for $300?

sh|t I'll pay $500 for him to replace all my synvhros mine have all gone to hell!

my dads car is good at 35k, mine was good till about 110k.

[Red V6 Raider]

You guys use your 5th gear? ;)

But come to think, I did try to use it once and it grinded.

[Dan M]

Hell I use mine all the time, no trouble. Reverse is the only tricky gear, but I think I have a handle on it.

Actually, come to think of it... I'm not sure if my tranny is as smooth as it used to be while shifting... I'd have to test drive a new one to know for sure.

[AZ3.8Camaro]

Use mine all the time, 64K on it. Not a problem at all.

[Deuce Bigs]

i use all my gears. reverse is no big deal since there is no reverse synchro you have to out it in first(or any forward gear for that matter) before putting it back into reverse.

anyway my car still shifts and it has 90K miles my second gear synchro probably started going out around 60K miles.

[greenasgrass]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Red V6 Raider:
You guys use your 5th gear? ;)

But come to think, I did try to use it once and it grinded.<hr></blockquote>

unless you want unnecessary engine wear and bad highway mileage, i suggest using 5th gear. i thought this was common sense...

[MustangEater8251]

I stil use 5th gear no problem

I have problems with 2nd, when I lazy shift it, but when I slam it it works great.

my car has gotten stuck in 4th 2-3 times but very very rarely happens.

and reverse, shifter pops into neutral, as soon as clutch is engaged, has for 1.5 years.


generally daily drivng I shift 1st, 3rd, 5th. advatage of having a cam that is like a truck motor, lots of torque at low RPMS, to pull the car. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Blue Flame V6]

My 5th gear is what blew my old tranny.

[viper98885]

137K on my T5...no problems.

[MotorHead69]

136k on my t-5 no probs... well except the clutch i'm on the 3rd or 4th one :rolleyes: