[Robby]

Seat position can have a lot to do with it......you have trained your arm/leg to perform the event at a certain point of leg travel....usually you have your arm trained to shift as your leg approaches a specific distance of movement.

I've blown shifts while drag racing simply because I had the seat (electric) just a touch too far back.......specifically the two/three.

If it was occurring every time, I'd think trans.....infrequent, I think leg/pedal distance.

Rob

 

[Robby]

While I also suspect seat position, when was the last time you changed your synchromesh fluid?

Which car?

The one I referenced was my Camaro.....low miles, still original fill.

Rob

 

[Robby]

Just curious here .
Exactly what is the shifter mechanism in these manual trans cruzens made up of ?
Yeah the internals !

Guts is guts......shift forks, syncronizers......no re-invention of the wheel in it.

The remote control, the shiftING mechanism, is comprised of cables.......rather standard fare for most front drivers.....and it does introduce a certain degree of......vague....to the act of gearchanging.

All of my manual cars are direct control like your Mustang......the shifter that you operate is connected to a rail mechanism, internal, that moves the shift forks.......very little potential for lost motion between lever and gear.

Front drivers have the lever housing bolted to the floor, cables going into locating eyes, cables secured to the housing, then out the floor to the remote mechanism on the trans where they are attached to a bracket and another set of locating eyes.
For all the monkey business that a front drive manual control has to go through they have become remarkably accurate.

20 years ago, you couldn't tell if you were shifting gears or stirring soup.......you'd move the lever, release the clutch, and......Surprise!, you found a gear.....sometimes even, the one you were hoping for.

Rob

 

[Robby]

Pbs . Hah !

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Clarify response please.

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Robby]

Gee Brian.....I thought the question legit......

Rob