04-26-2012, 05:34 AM
okay, I'm having troubles with my 72 mach 1, and before I go get it checked out, I would like some advice. every time I take her out for a spin, I have to stop at a stop sign. I shift down the gears to second, and then i try for first, but I get locked out.It's not that I'm going to slow, because i can sit at the stop sign and not be able to put her in first.
My "quick fix", more or less, is to shift in to fourth, third, second, and try again. If that doesn't work(usual), I try wiggling the shifter in neutral a bit until I can put her in first. Then I head on my way, and I almost never happens again on that trip.
Before, I just told myself that," the tranny is just cold, or its not lubed right". But this is getting to be an every trip occurance.
Any ideas before I take her to a shop? Cuz I don't really trust the local shops. They have a tendency to, " not finish the job". I'd do it my self, but mach1's are too low to the ground for me to sqeeze under. I barely have enough room to change the oil. And I'd rather not jack her up 4ft. in the air with out better a jack than handyman.
My "quick fix", more or less, is to shift in to fourth, third, second, and try again. If that doesn't work(usual), I try wiggling the shifter in neutral a bit until I can put her in first. Then I head on my way, and I almost never happens again on that trip.
Before, I just told myself that," the tranny is just cold, or its not lubed right". But this is getting to be an every trip occurance.
Any ideas before I take her to a shop? Cuz I don't really trust the local shops. They have a tendency to, " not finish the job". I'd do it my self, but mach1's are too low to the ground for me to sqeeze under. I barely have enough room to change the oil. And I'd rather not jack her up 4ft. in the air with out better a jack than handyman.