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I bought a 1988 ford festiva from a friend that is stuck in 5th gear. He told me that it was fine for a while, then he could only get 1st 3rd and 5th and now its just 5th. Im wondering if i need to take the tranny out to fix it.
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Your tranny dead :-) -
shift gate lever most probably. Mine was the same lady i bought i from said tranny was locked up, lucky me it was stuck in first to get in on the trailor. Swap the tranny...easy fix, might as well do the clutch while your at it
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Lucky for me they redid the clutch before the tranny went out. I heard that the tranny is the same as the ones they put in metros?Comment
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noOriginally posted by silver '88
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88s didn't have a 5 speed ............1986 Comp Prep SVO Mustang(1 of 83) Four cylinder turbo! (Think first Fox body "R" model!)
1995 F-150 Extra Cab and it was free!
1991 Festiva L, Surf Blue with A/C
1995 Jeep Cherokee 2wd 5 speed 4.0 and it was free!
1993 Aqua Festiva and it was cheap!
1994 Brake Swap and it was cheap!
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how many miles on the car? if its a 5spd this won't be the first time they've replaced the trany.
mabye whoever had it didn't know how to drive and messed up their transimsion/clutch regularly :roll:~Nate
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It has 160 thousand miles on it and he managed to drive it home even though it was stuck.Comment
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Yes they did, If it was an LX it came with a 5 speed.Originally posted by Kraig
The L came with a 4 speed~Jeff
1988 Festiva LX Silver 5speed. 219,000 miles. My new daily driver.
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Really? I thought all 88s and some 89s were 4 speeds?1986 Comp Prep SVO Mustang(1 of 83) Four cylinder turbo! (Think first Fox body "R" model!)
1995 F-150 Extra Cab and it was free!
1991 Festiva L, Surf Blue with A/C
1995 Jeep Cherokee 2wd 5 speed 4.0 and it was free!
1993 Aqua Festiva and it was cheap!
1994 Brake Swap and it was cheap!
1969 Ford F100 Big Block Ranger and it was free! (coming 2/12)Comment
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before i blew my differential from burnouts
my tranny was doing the same thing it would get stuck in gear and i had a hell of a time getting it out, but like i said blew the diff. so i had to replace the tranny anyway
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How hard is it to replace the tranny?Comment
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Clutch
I replaced my clutch and now no one can tell me what fluid I need to put in the transmission to replace the amount that came out. Anyone know what weight gear oil I need to use for a stock 88 ford festiva manual transmission?Comment
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ATF works fine for most people
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i THINK u can use gear lube, i know manual trannys can use that, orileys here has a gear/manual transmission lube i think its 75w90 or somthin lol2007 Ford Taurus 23-25MPG
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