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Old 08-25-2011, 06:19 AM
doogster doogster is offline
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Default manual shift in 1999 Ranger... need help

I bought my 2X4 ranger, 6 cyl, 5 speed with 150K miles on it. It now has 155K miles and the stick shift does some funny things... first, the stick itself rotates... so much that the gear pattern on the stick shift rotates completely around and faces the wrong way... and its NOT the thing on the end of the shaft that is turning... its the whole shaft. I can't seem to budge it myself. Now, I don't know if this is related or not, but there seems to be problems while shifting... particularly into 3rd gear... sometimes it grinds going into the gear... its a very fast, high frequency grind (if that makes any sense).... the other gears are difficult to shift into as well, but they never grind... and I've been told that rough shifting is normal for a 1999 ford ranger...

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Old 08-25-2011, 11:31 AM
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Default Re: manual shift in 1999 Ranger... need help

you probably need a new clutch and slave cylinder thats why its grinding into gear. as far as the shakt you can tighten it up so it doesn't spin just take your cupholders off and youll see how to tighten it
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