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MTV8: Yes, I do have pics of the gear and will be happy to share with you next week. Just got her home today after a 220 mile drive from Aaron's shop. Gone to the beach next week and will be sure to send then or possibly tomorrow.

Gentlemen: This is a near final update on my 2006 GT that had a complete 3rd gear failure 2 months ago. To sum up the failure, my hand was on the 3rd hear shifter under hard acceleration. At aproximately 120-125MPH, 3rd gear failed as if I had clutched the car. My hand was firmly on the...

It's a beautiful thing.......and to use the excess $$$ for some more HP was icing on the cake.

Ricardo (Adrian Turner) announced (via another forum member) that Ricardo had discovered a weak weld in the two gears that form 3rd gear. They claimed that they "had caught it before any made their way into production cars". Obviously this was not true as mine split apart and allowed 3rd gear...

THIRD GEAR FAILURE RESOLVED: Gentlemen, we have been successful at repairing my 3rd gear! After many suggestions, posts and fingers crossed by so many of you here on the Forum, Aaron Scott @ South Georgia Corvette along with some serious advice, guidance and assistance from Kyle Millen @...

THIRD GEAR FAILURE RESOLVED: Gentlemen, we have been successful at repairing my 3rd gear! After many suggestions, posts and fingers crossed by so many of you here on the Forum, Aaron Scott @ South Georgia Corvette along with some serious advice, guidance and assistance from Kyle Millen @...

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Yes, finally.

Guys. We just discovers it IS the dang 3rd gear separation that STILLEN experienced and repaired on one of their GTs. My guys crossed up 3rd and 4th and were looking at the wrong gear. Once the transaxle was back in, they watched as the synchronizer turned as was suspicion from the start. FINALLY

Thanks much

Thx for your suggestion. They also agree camera should have been used initially. Where can I get the short throw shifter? Ive seen the postings and wonder does it resolve factory issues ( which apparently I have now ) in addition to the shorter throw? I have a serious need for speed but not one...

Update on my third gear loss. We were 99% sure we had third gear synchro and gear separation. Just had transaxle completely disassembled and all is perfect. Now addressing shifter and linkage. If you guys need help with your transaxle I have the guys who can handle the unit and very competent...

So much for our crystal ball guess we had internal 3rd gear separation. Transaxle was removed and all internals are perfect and no synchronizer/gear issues as suspected. Trans was reassembled and then inspected with internal camera as it was manually shifted at transaxle (still out of car) and...

My GT had the same gear loss several weeks ago. Nice to find similar on here. We will remove the Ricardo this week. STILLEN repaired one with exact problem. Third gear synchro separated from steel gear via a weak weld. Apparently this was discovered by Ricardo and repaired before they got into...

Pro GT, Thanks for sharing. It is definately nice to hear your comments direct from Ricardo and those from Stillen. I realize you were addressing the originators linkage issues but you just gave us hope we are on to my problem. I wonder if I might have some recourse with Ford/Ricardo since...

Sorry... Muncie (transmissions) Not munches. Dang IPhone.

The weak third gear weld (brass synchro to steel gear) was exactly a problem in a GT that was repaired at STILLEN. They were kind enough to supply me with that detailedinformation and we are expecting (hoping) the same on mine. They also provided digital photos of the failed weld. If, and I do...

Stay tuned. My box gets opened tororrow or Thursday after a thorough test of the linkage. All signs are pointing to a previous other car failure where 3rd gear "brass" synchronizer separated from the "steel" gear to which it was electro welded. This allows the shifter to remain in 3rd gear...

Thanks Fubar. We've visually watched the external movement and unfortunately appears normal. They plan to disconnect cables and try third gear manually before bolts begin to move. I'll keep you guys posted shortly. If you find a four leaf clover please Fed X it to Atlanta. Might be helpful,

Will definitely update you in a few days. It gets picked up thursday, arrives Friday. Transaxle will be out as soon as they confirm it is not a shifter linkage issue. I'm seldom that lucky.