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Drivesthebeast,Apr 10 2006, 04:37 PM Wrote:My 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears all make a tractor-like windage noise, and I blow shifts from 2nd-3rd fairly often...I think that what you all said about the tranny spinning slower than the engine sounds realistic to me.  Wonder if I should go and have the tranny fluid replaced, or perhaps some other stuff...I hate how much noise my gearbox makes, especially in 1st...It's been like this since I bought the car, and it only had 44,000 km's on it back then...
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yeah that's the gear roll over noise ford blessed out MTX-75 with. The only thing you can do is replace the tranny fluid. I use GM syncromesh and I tend to put in a tad more than what the manual calls for ( 3.8qrts and I put in 3.9/4 ) that will make the tranny purr like a kitten and you can even hear the gears winding up and not the tractor noise!

only down side is it's a $30 fuild swap 3 or 4 times a year :( Do it yourself type job too. If anyone wants a how to I'll make one up next time I flush it which should be this weekend.