Couple of things Ive noticed so far. There have been a handful of times when Ive been locked out of third gear, Id have to put it back in 2nd or 4th and then to 3rd again. Also, when I first take off in the car, shifting feels a bit clunky...once it warms up it shifts fine. Is this normal? This is my first manual car. Its a 2014 gt, only 5k miles so far.
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Seems like from what I hear, the stock shifters are pretty crappy. Could it just be that? Im trying to get any issues resolved before getting a blower put on.
+1 on shifter upgrade. Should be ur 1st mod. I bought the xl18 tranny additive and will put it in this weekend to avoid any future issues.y 14gt has 2k and no issues so far.
Planning on doing so in the next week, however the 3rd gear lockout only happened a handful of times and from my understanding you have to be able to reproduce the problem with their technician
Planning on doing so in the next week, however the 3rd gear lockout only happened a handful of times and from my understanding you have to be able to reproduce the problem with their technician
Its the ****ty shifter bracket that will lock you out most of the time. Here's the link of the crap shifter but more importantly the absolute garbage bracket! Changing the bracket makes a huge difference and won't affect your warranty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XynDGixQNhs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Well the mt-82 is notoriously a little notchy from 1st to 2nd. Also 3rd gear lockout also happened to me (2013 v6) so I replaced the garbage factory shifter bracket and replaced the dual clutch tranny fluid with Royal Purple syncomax and the notchy shifting is still a little notchy, especially in the fall and winter when the temp drops, but is overall improved. As for the shifter bracket it is night and day, no more lock out into third. If its the same bracket in the 5.0s its a must replaced, or just change the shifter to a mgw.Hope this helps a little.
Well the mt-82 is notoriously a little notchy from 1st to 2nd. Also 3rd gear lockout also happened to me (2013 v6) so I replaced the garbage factory shifter bracket and replaced the dual clutch tranny fluid with Royal Purple syncomax and the notchy shifting is still a little notchy, especially in the fall and winter when the temp drops, but is overall improved. As for the shifter bracket it is night and day, no more lock out into third. If its the same bracket in the 5.0s its a must replacement! Hope this helps a little.
Its a combination of alot of things, ive been fighting it for the last 6 months, getting locked out of gears is a pita...! but I finally have figured it out, most of it anyways.... I have the Mgw shifter and that helps alot, but believe it or not the problem lies in the motor mounts and tranny mounts too, the engine and tranny flexs under high rpms and locks me out of gear all the time, the only way i noticed this was by putting in the BMR K member with poly mounts, now my shifts go into gear even under high rpms, I just installed the k member last weekend and I love shifting again,,,, I also checked my tranny mount and it was a pos, so I stiffened that up also...my car has never shifted this good even when it was brand new..
I didn't want to go into the k-member thing, but was thinking... Upgrade to (performance or race) engine mounts and the Whiteline tranny mount insert. Reckon that will help diminish engine/tranny torque flexing? My axlebacks will drown out any NVH that may occur.:lol:
The fluid change will help the cold shifts and should be done at no charge at your dealership (tsb). After you change the fluid then swap the shifter and bracket, that will keep everything inline.
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