Re: 5 speed transmission

From: Ben D Jarrett (bjarrett@micro.ti.com)
Date: Mon Oct 13 1997 - 10:11:10 EDT


ziggy70@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> I own a '93 Dakota Sport CC with 3.9 V6 and 5 speed.Soon after the
> warranty period ran out(naturally)I experienced a grinding when I put
> the transmission into reverse and it was "cold"(not driven in a while).
> I quickly learned that if I shifted into 1st gear and then shifted back
> into reverse no grinding would occur.I have had no more problems since.
> Anyone else experienced this problem?
>

I've been doing this for a long time. Since day 1 on my '96 Ram (at 22 miles)and
used to do it on my '84 firebird (with 110k miles.) Never knew
why it worked, just knew that it worked.

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