[DeTomaso] ZF problems - need advice please

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Have you bled your clutch/adjusted it during all of this?

Are you sure you're engaging it all the way, sounds like it's not to me.

Michael Shortt

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Matt Enzed <matt2nz at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Ever since I got my Pantera, the ZF has always been problematic shifting
> into reverse, especially once
>  it has warmed up.  Since I don't use reverse much, I didn't get overly
> concerned with it, and the only thing I did for the ZF was to change the
>
>  gear oil once (last summer).  I used Valvoline 80W gear oil, not the
> recommended RedLine product, and did not see an improvement.  If
> anything, things got slightly worse.
> Recently I started to have problems getting into the forward gears as well
> (once the ZF is hot).
>  When the transmission is cold, there are no problems. Also, when the car
> is
> warm, I have to turn off the motor to get it into reverse without
> grinding the gears.  Do you guys have any advice, short of pulling the
> ZF and sending it off for a complete rebuild, which I understand is very
>  expensive? Should I change the fluid again, and use redline this time?
>
>
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