98 frontier 2.4l 5spd manual 216k miles
I know that transmissions are not supose to fail as a common occurance, but of the failures on 5 speed transmissions is this common? I was driving to work and it acted like it just popped out of gear, so I reach up to put it back in gear and it is already there. I drop it down to 4th and I'm good to get to work. I leave to get some lunch and Reverse is gone as well. The trans did not make any noises, grinding or anything when this happened or while driving the rest of the way to work. If I am stopped and put it in 5th or Rev I can hear just a little grinding noise, but not bad. I plan to drop the fluid today to see how shiny it is. I also felt the trans and it was normal temperature when I got home. 40 miles each way. I have rebuilt many ford T5 transmissions and was wanting to get some info on this one before I break it open.
Thanks
Snoopy
I know that transmissions are not supose to fail as a common occurance, but of the failures on 5 speed transmissions is this common? I was driving to work and it acted like it just popped out of gear, so I reach up to put it back in gear and it is already there. I drop it down to 4th and I'm good to get to work. I leave to get some lunch and Reverse is gone as well. The trans did not make any noises, grinding or anything when this happened or while driving the rest of the way to work. If I am stopped and put it in 5th or Rev I can hear just a little grinding noise, but not bad. I plan to drop the fluid today to see how shiny it is. I also felt the trans and it was normal temperature when I got home. 40 miles each way. I have rebuilt many ford T5 transmissions and was wanting to get some info on this one before I break it open.
Thanks
Snoopy