It happened at 70,716 miles, while shifting from first to second. As I pulled it into second, the shift **** came flying off! It rolled somewhere under the seat, out of sight. OK, grab the naked stick and pull it into second and keep going. Only a mile more to work. Sure feels weird without the ****. Got to work, found the ****, and pressed it back on. The good news: I put it back on so the shift pattern insert now faces the right way! My truck is now better than before the "failure".

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Danny
'98 F-150 Std., RC, SB, 4x2, 4.2L, 5-sp, 3.08, AC, speed control, rear slider.
Mods: Mobil 1 engine oil, Red Line D4-ATF trans fluid, Edelbrock IAS shocks, 50 Series Flowmaster, K&N with airbox mod, Perma-Cool electric radiator fan, Superchip, ASP underdrive pulley

 

Way to go gaudenti. :smile:

 

I think your shifting to hard.

It took some pulling to get the *** off.

 

Some years ago I was stop light racing a guy me in my automatic him in his five speed. He was jamming the gears when I hear vroooooooom! He missed the gear when the **** came off!.

Don't jam 'em so hard gaudenti