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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / December 2006

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98' Mazda B4000 RWD 5spd HARD to shift into 1st from stop

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ndccpf1@gmail.com - 05 Dec 2006 12:53 GMT
No grinding just hard to get into gear with clutch all the way down.
While at a stop, effort is less if you go from 2nd to 1st gear then let
out the clutch. My syncros ? Trans oil and rear diff oil have recently
been changed and there is no difference.
Ed White - 05 Dec 2006 15:07 GMT
> No grinding just hard to get into gear with clutch all the way down.
> While at a stop, effort is less if you go from 2nd to 1st gear then let
> out the clutch. My syncros ? Trans oil and rear diff oil have recently
> been changed and there is no difference.

Probably a clutch problem. Does it grind if you try to shift into
reverse?

Ed
carbide@egine.com - 05 Dec 2006 18:02 GMT
> No grinding just hard to get into gear with clutch all the way down.
> While at a stop, effort is less if you go from 2nd to 1st gear then let
> out the clutch. My syncros ? Trans oil and rear diff oil have recently
> been changed and there is no difference.

I had the same problem. I figured my clutch was getting to the end of
its life, at about 80K miles. However, since it didn't slip or chatter,
I wasn't going to replace it. I got around it by shifting to 1st just
before stopping. As long as I was moving a bit it shifted smoothly into
1st gear.  It just didn't like shifting from neutral to 1st while
stopped. It would do it, but I'd have to push hard on the stick, and it
would take a couple of seconds.
-Paul
ndccpf1@gmail.com - 05 Dec 2006 19:59 GMT
No grinding in reverse and it does exactly how you described below.

> > No grinding just hard to get into gear with clutch all the way down.
> > While at a stop, effort is less if you go from 2nd to 1st gear then let
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> would take a couple of seconds.
> -Paul
Vic Klein - 08 Dec 2006 11:01 GMT
At 160K mine had the same symptoms. It was the slave cylinder inside the
clutch housing. It was failing to allow the clutch to completely release.
Since you have to take everything apart to get to it, replace the clutch at
the same time. Since doing that, it drives and shifts like new and now had
225K miles.

=Vic=
Bear Gap, PA

> No grinding in reverse and it does exactly how you described below.
>
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>> would take a couple of seconds.
>> -Paul
Mark Barrett - 08 Dec 2006 20:18 GMT
> No grinding just hard to get into gear with clutch all the way down.
> While at a stop, effort is less if you go from 2nd to 1st gear then let
> out the clutch. My syncros ? Trans oil and rear diff oil have recently
> been changed and there is no difference.

  I also had the same symptoms.  New clutch and slave cylinder fixed it.
Mark
 
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