Silver GT

My gear stick is really starting to bug me.......I used to be able to listen to the note of the exhaust.......now all i hear is gearstick rattle.....in 3rd its shocking

I dont want to hear that its normal for them to rattle......

Its pissing me off so much I'm thinking about getting rid of it

anyone heard of any fixes?

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FANTM1

Well, you said you don't want to hear it. It seems some are a lot worse than others, mine seems to have improved with age. It was never really bad, just an annoying chatter, can't say I notice it any more. If enough people complain they might do something about it.

eightoftwelve

Have you reported this to your dealer?

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sniper545

Fitting the Herrod Short Shifter reduces the noise (it doesn't fix it completely) with the added benefit if lightning fast shifts. Shouldn't cost more that $700

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Another plus for automatics,they dont rattle.
Cheers John

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JimBoSS

I haven’t heard or noticed any shifter rattle with my GTP.

Jim

Silver GT

I'll mention it next service

Its almost as if something under there is not lined up properly in the drive line somewhere

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Fordhead

Pity they can't be pushed started , or taken to 4000rpm and dropped into gear without exploding , or even towed for that matter ( unless you want to disconnect your tailshaft ) , and cost more to maintain and buy.

There are less advantages of owning an auto than manual , but I still reckon the BA V8 auto is one bloody good unit .

FANTM1

It's actually coming from inside the box. I Know you don't want to hear it, but I was told when I complained about mine that it was a characteristic of the Tremec box. I think Aussie Pete had a bad one. Check back through the threads this has beendiscussed before, but I haven't heard of any of the bad cases getting attention.
Try customer relations if you get no dealer satisfaction. They can organise an area manager to come and assess your problem.

DGROMS.com

They can be taken to 3K and dropped and that is good enough, funnily enough an auto can be push started you just have to get it to a very high speed to do it though, but all GT's come with 3 years road side assist so I wouldn't even think of push starting one when I can wait and get it fixed. Also if you have lowered spings on a GT I wouldn't like to see what your cars rear end looks like after being towed scaping on the ground, but an auto can be flat towed for a few k's if necessary, or just put on the back of a truck like most tow jobs these days, or as the manual says just use a Tow aid under the rears. They don't cost more to buy if you get a GT-P and there is no real maintainence on these new boxes they are a factory sealed unit, but they will cost a lot more to fix if they break. And I agree they are one bloody good unit

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