ajmiller
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- Aug 24, 2009
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- Location
- Hubbard, Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9L V6
- Transmission
- Manual
About a year and 2 months ago I put in a remanufactured M5OD from a tranny shop in Portland. The thing has worked perfect until about a month ago. Whenever I shift down, and even sometimes when I shift up it makes a nasty grinding noise only when i let the clutch out. For some reason it only did it when i used the clutch. I would shift without the clutch and it wouldnt do it. The guy at the tranny shop said it was the reverse sink gear, apparently they are notorius for going out in this style of tranny. The tranny had a 1 yr warranty but it was already 2 months late but i called anyways. They decited to give me another rebuilt one exchange for the other one. We did that and the new one does the same thing! We called and they had already taken apart mine and said nothing was wrong...He said it could be the slave cylinder or even the clutch. I had just put a new clutch in 7 or 8 months ago along with a slave cylinder. My bro in-law who is the mechanic said the new tranny the guy gave me was from a newer explorer and was stronger than mine, both the mazda style out of an explorer. The only thing im concerned about is if the 2 slave cylinders are the same from the 2 different mazda m5od trannys, because i put the one from my old tranny in the new one. Anyone else had this problem? Any help would be awesome.
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