The ring is about $ 22 from the dealer , Garfinkle puts them in for about $75 if you take him the transmission .

when my brother drove my car...... he noticed that if you push the shifter all the way to the right, and slide it into 5th while slightly pulling the shifter towards you, then you dont grind the gears at all.



when he told me earlier, i was like.. shut the **** up, but i tried it like 20 times, and maybe 17 out of 20 times, i didnt hear a grind, just slid into 5th smoothly.....



just something that might help you get a few extra miles on your tranny

could by useing 5th gear out damage the rest of the tranny.



so should i use it or just avoid it all of the time

it very rare that it will affect another gear, if the synchro toally comes apart it can get jammed into other things but thats pretty rare.



mike

The trick I use is to push from 4th to Nuetral, pull the shifter towards me (between 1st and 2nd), then push it back towards the passenger seat (4th and 5th), and then push it into gear. Never grinds now. I just can't slam gears into 5th....but like someone else said, at 143mph, no need to slam her into 5th, I can baby her into 5th for top speed still.

I can testify to that, because that is what I do and it work's.