Gear shift

[bigd41190]

I have a 93 Grand Marquis and i notice it seems like my gear ratios are off because it seems like my car doesnt stay in first long enough and second for a few seconds and drops to tha bottom of 3rd any1 else have the same problem?

[p71towny]

How long do you want it to wind out to? I put a shift kit in to remedy that problem, but as long as your tranny fluid is nice and clean it doesn't sound too out of the ordinary for these cars.

[88Vic]

These cars have a tendency to upshift a lot. They were made to do that for better mileage. You can put in a shift kit and lower gears to help out with acceleration. Or you can be bold and do a T5 swap.

[Freshmeat]

T5 won't bolt up to the 4.6- he'd need a T45 from a Modular Mustang.

[88Vic]

Well then do that.

[Johnnyiroc]

He could try pushing the pedal down harder, that will make it stay in any gear longer.....

[bigd41190]

Also it sounds like my gears may rub between shifts sumtime. Some one else who has a crown vic told me theirs does the same. It sounds like a grinding spinning sound when it moves betweens gears. Its this a problem wit tranny fluid or do i need a lighter or thicker oil weight what??

[88MercWagon]

Try changing your fluid and see if that makes the noise go away.