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Originally Posted by Balancer
A good friend of mine has a 5.0 with this transmission. Its been a problem since day one. Fords put the new oil in it and its improved but still not what it should be. Its ruined the new car experience for him since he's always thinking about the gear box. He went for a ride with the Ford service rep and the car was shifting fine so the rep slamed on the brakes and came to a stop then took off and the car started to grind while shifting. Strange. I think there is more to this than oil.
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That doesn't sound like this problem at all. That sounds somebody didn't know how to shift
The cold shifting issue only occurs when the fluid in the transmission is cold, once the fluid is warm, the shifter can be moved into gear with two fingers. Another thing I totally forgot about until I mentioned the TSB to a couple of 4.6 and 5.0 friends of mine, Ford fixed a clutch pedals issue last year. There was an issue where some of the clutch pedal in the V6/5.0s were not returning from the floor. Ford put the GT500 setup in the 5.0's that were built after summer I believe. These clutch pedals are pretty firm and require the peddle to be completely to the floor before you can enter another gear. However, the clutch will start to loosen up around 4000 miles... Some people (A lot of us) try to short shift the car... don't do that...