Cheers Mate, will be talking to my dealer (with printout of this thread in hand) :D

Well Trend Setters, went and spoke to my dealer Lane Ford in Mandurah about the crunching 5th gear, after speaking to Skip at John McCgrath Ford Woden (thanks CFlat) he was a mine of info.

The service guy made one phone call to the gearbox manufacturer and guess what.......Mine was the 4th call today about the exact same problem.

It seems the problem is across the whole Falcon range, not just us T owners (whew!!, I think )

Anyhow the good news........new box on order, should take about a month, I can wait.

CFLAT - your gearbox problem sounds just like mine, the dealer even sited the cause as being the same. got it fixed, nearly a month ago (at the 3000 service) all was fine for a few weeks but the problem seems to be back I have the NA so that also rules out that oil theory.

let me know how it goes

I had my gearbox chnaged under warranty for same problem , this one seems ok fingers crossed

Oi,

Just had a call from McGrath Ford to tell me my 3rd gearbox is here (2nd replacement). Booked in for next Tuesday to get fitted along with 15000km service. Not bad, averaging 5000kms per gearbox!

Maybe T5 relates to the number of gearboxes you get with each car? :idea:

The helpful dude at the dealer isn't sure whether anything has changed in the replacement box, or if it is just another rebuild. Guess I'll know in a few weeks if it's onother sh*tter!

Let ya know.

Ciao

CFlat

Please do Steve, will be interested if they have made a mod or just replacing the boxes. 3 weeks to go!.

6000 k's on the clock and mine crunches 5th too!

We're not headed for another brake shudder issue are we?

Perhaps a poll is a good idea......

I'm of two minds there sixfan.

We might be leaving ourselves open for a real caning from the.......auto owners.

Hmm.

A very good point Silverhawk.

best we get in first:

I have always held the opinion that an Auto would be great...... if ever I had a stroke and could not move the left side of my body.

I have always held the opinion that an Auto would be great...... if ever I had a stroke and could not move the left side of my body.

:o :o