Jeepsinker
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Ok, I've got about 5,000 miles on my brand new ( not reman) transmission that I installed the Waterloo overdrive kit into, and day before yesterday it popped out of 5th whIle cruising on a slight downhill grade with around 1500 pounds in the bed. Only did it once that day. Yesterday it did it twice, once in the same spot at the same speed, and once in another similar patch of road, and it happened once today. Never did it before, and never did it while towing anything.
I did inspect everything when I installed the Waterloo kit and made certain it was in fact a brand new trans and not a rebuilt unit with worn parts. Funny thing is that I can not reach up and pull it out of gear at all unless I push the clutch in.
Obviously something isn't right, and I'd rather address the issue before something gets damaged beyond repair. All the parts went in very well and it has been working flawlessly up until now. I've never even scratched a gear yet with it.
So what am I looking at? Maybe a defective synchro?
I did inspect everything when I installed the Waterloo kit and made certain it was in fact a brand new trans and not a rebuilt unit with worn parts. Funny thing is that I can not reach up and pull it out of gear at all unless I push the clutch in.
Obviously something isn't right, and I'd rather address the issue before something gets damaged beyond repair. All the parts went in very well and it has been working flawlessly up until now. I've never even scratched a gear yet with it.
So what am I looking at? Maybe a defective synchro?