Surgeslayer

Sorry for this repost, I can't figure out how to deleat the llast one. I'm new to this site, but I've loved Ford's all my life. I just recently purchased my first truck, a '95 F-150 xl. I am having a little problem with it and I thought I'd ask y'all on here what it could be. I'm not very good with diagnosing problems with vehicles and whatnot, but it's a manual and when I shift, the gears grind a little bit, except shifting into 5th, that one's never ground...but about 70% of the time shifting into the other 3 gears they grind, sounds like the clutch isn't engaging all the way. But like I said I'm not entirely sure. Could anyone give me an idea what it could be?

nrivera04

Worn synchronizers in the trans.

BLDTruth

It could be a lot of things. The first thing I would do would be to check and make sure the transmission has good fluid. Since it is a manual the only way you can do this is to crawl under the driver's side of the truck and pull off the fill plug. Stick your finger in there and see if you can feel fluid.

But it could also be a bad clutch, or even a tranny in need of rebuild. Start with the basic stuff first.

Modular man

Sounds like the synchronizers need replaced. U can try to drain ur tranny and feel it with synchromesh gearoil it's not a forever fix but I did this in a ranger I had and it help a lot

mugzz819

I don't want to hijack the post but I'm wondering if the same things could happen in an auto trans. If so I'll have a place to start my diagnosing, if not I'll keep searching and start a new thread if I need to. Good luck man, I'm new to ford trucks too and am learning just like you are, hope you got your problem figured out! If I figure out anything I think might help I'll definitely post it in this thread!