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Without going into great detail, I just got rid of a '12 GT with the MT82, and bought a Boss. The GT experienced what I would term as the 'Whole Enchilada' of trans problems. I know the two cars share the same trans, and while you'll find a plethora of threads dedicated to the many trans problems on pretty-much any 'generic' Mustang forum/site, I didn't find any on here, nor on the only other site I found dedicated to the '12 Boss. Reason I bring this up is, having just got my Boss yesterday, the trans is already 'grinding' 2nd-through-5th gears, -OR- I'm going/have gone TOTALLY INSANE. It IS possible the problem(s), or at least some(getting locked out from a particular gear while shifting at higher rpm) of them emanate from a material in the trans and/or motor mounts that are too soft to hold all the torque when you're on the boil, thus allowing the motor and trans to flex too much in any direction, causing an alignment issue with the linkage or...
The Boss COULD have a stiffer material in it's mounts/bushings than the GT-which has soft rubber. If this were the case, then seeing a LOT more problems with the GT/V6 than the Boss would make sense.
It wouldn't have anything to do with any grinding of the gears while shifting however, but that's not what I'm getting at anyway.
I'm trying to find out the rough ratio of Boss owner's with NO trans problems vs. Boss owner's WITH trans problems. Since I really don't see anything on this forum about it, right now I'm thinking that there's just NOT the ratio of Boss owners with prob's to Boss Mustangs as a whole, that there are of Mustang(GT, 6cyl) owners with trans prob's, to total Mustangs produced(non-Boss). The feds are involved at this point, and from what they tell me, a recall is forthcoming, but that doesn't tell me if the 'problem' that BOTH my GT and my Boss share is common with OTHER Boss owners. Having road raced for the past 16 years, I've driven cars with UBER-smooth shifting transmissions(especially in recent years). Is the 'grinding' I'm seeing with the MT82 just a sloppy, but HARMLESS design 'issue', that while making for 'rough' shifting, doesn't ultimately affect the durability of the transmission? Or is what I'm experiencing with my Boss just the beginning, and it'll soon start locking me out while trying to up-shift, and/or grab reverse when I put it into 1st, just like what happened with the trans in my '12 GT
So I ask anyone who reads this post, please let me know if you've experienced the same grinding 'issue', and if so over time/miles do they continue to be 'noisy' shifting transmissions, but are ultimately reliable? -OR- NO you haven't experienced any grinding, getting locked out of gear while shifting etc..?
I appreciate any info you could give me on this.
Thanx!
The Boss COULD have a stiffer material in it's mounts/bushings than the GT-which has soft rubber. If this were the case, then seeing a LOT more problems with the GT/V6 than the Boss would make sense.
It wouldn't have anything to do with any grinding of the gears while shifting however, but that's not what I'm getting at anyway.
I'm trying to find out the rough ratio of Boss owner's with NO trans problems vs. Boss owner's WITH trans problems. Since I really don't see anything on this forum about it, right now I'm thinking that there's just NOT the ratio of Boss owners with prob's to Boss Mustangs as a whole, that there are of Mustang(GT, 6cyl) owners with trans prob's, to total Mustangs produced(non-Boss). The feds are involved at this point, and from what they tell me, a recall is forthcoming, but that doesn't tell me if the 'problem' that BOTH my GT and my Boss share is common with OTHER Boss owners. Having road raced for the past 16 years, I've driven cars with UBER-smooth shifting transmissions(especially in recent years). Is the 'grinding' I'm seeing with the MT82 just a sloppy, but HARMLESS design 'issue', that while making for 'rough' shifting, doesn't ultimately affect the durability of the transmission? Or is what I'm experiencing with my Boss just the beginning, and it'll soon start locking me out while trying to up-shift, and/or grab reverse when I put it into 1st, just like what happened with the trans in my '12 GT
So I ask anyone who reads this post, please let me know if you've experienced the same grinding 'issue', and if so over time/miles do they continue to be 'noisy' shifting transmissions, but are ultimately reliable? -OR- NO you haven't experienced any grinding, getting locked out of gear while shifting etc..?
I appreciate any info you could give me on this.
Thanx!