So I'm driving down the highway yesterday on my way to work. When I feel something in the drivetrain, felt like a big restriction. So I pull over, everything's fine. This morning I head back to my house, and the truck will shake with the clutch disengaged in neutral, feels like it's almost in gear. I start driving back, and it gets harder and harder to get it in gear. So now basically I have first and third, if push really hard. It sounds like something is about to completely shatter. I have 150 bucks to my name, and am supposed to be at work in two hours. The fact that I will probably have to pay shitty credit card interest rates and miss work today to get it fixed doesn't bother me. It's the fact that I live 15 miles away from school, and the bus system doesn't come out this far. I gotta figure something out, cause regardless of what happens, I'm not going to ******* miss school. Damn you ford. Actually I blame it on the previous owners.



- Hand

yeah, not normal for a stick to die in those.

Well I already had a friend who works for a Ford dealership, replace the slave cylinder, because it's inside the transmission, and I don't have access to a lift. I was told they had head problems, especially with the 4.0L V6 that I have. It was bought new by a construction company, and passed through a bunch of people that worked there, so it has seen it's fair share of work.



- Hand

by work you mean abuse, right?

Yeah. I mean the body is beat to ****. It has overspray from a church the painted all over it, inside as well. The body is scratched up, dented, the bed is dented and all. But that just means I don't give a **** if I dent it or scratch it. Aside from the slave cylinder it has done pretty well. I have been putting off changing plugs/wires, and I need to get the injectors cleaned. But it seemed as if it wasn't going to give me any problems. Oh well, **** happens, you walk through it, then die.



- Hand

just leave it in 3rd? does it have oil in it?

Yeah, it has transmission fluid in it. I'm thinking it's the throw out bearing, which is part of the assembly on the slave cylinder. The guy who changed them out for me, bought a used one, and I'm thinking the throw out bearing is just shot. So I'm going to call him in a little while see what he thinks, and then start pricing a new assembly. Ugh, why is that when **** breaks it all breaks at once, computer phone transmission shifter linkage.



- Hand

Talked to Josh, he said it sounds like either; master cylinder, slave cylinder, throwout bearing, or pilot bearing for the crankshaft. Now I'm actually looking at **** I have around to sell, so I can pay this off plus last months credit card bills. errr getting tight now.



- Hand

ive never seen anything but the slave fail on those. we dont see lots of em though

just shoot yourself and make it easier, before u shoot yourself shoot big nose at least though, make it worthwhile