New Tranny = Piece of $#!%

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This just made my day. My car was down for a month and I got to drive it for three days before the T5 went out the first time. It was down for two more weeks waiting for parts and I got to drive it for a day and a half and now this!

I just got my rebuilt T5 put in yesterday and drove the car home from my brothers and it was fine (70 miles). Then today I drove it to Indy (190 mile round trip) to help a buddy work on his Stang and on the way back 5th gear took a dump on me about 20 miles from home. I managed to limp it back but it wasn't fun driving in 4th gear with the 3.73's.

It started when I slowed down for some railroad tracks and dropped down to 3rd gear. Once I got back to 5th I noticed a very faint grind like it was doing before the rebuild. It was just a couple seconds after I noticed it that it started grinding REALLY bad.

What could have happened? 99% of the driving I have done since I got it back in has been in 5th gear. It's too dark out now to look for leaking fluid. I hope it didn't leak out, but either way I would think it would still be covered under the warranty.

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Too much to list. Best ET on the car so far with stock 2.73 gears - 13.73@102mph

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