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Old 08-12-2013, 07:32 PM   #1
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Default Fourth gear bang In my Merc.

Question, in my mostly stock Y block 56' Merc. automatic when running thur the gears some times it bang hard into hi gear ...I'm afraid to ask.
The tranny operate good other then that .Someone it does and other not .
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Old 08-13-2013, 04:35 AM   #2
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Default Re: Fourth gear bang In my Merc.

Have you checked your universal joints?
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Old 08-13-2013, 09:44 AM   #3
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Default Re: Fourth gear bang In my Merc.

Yum, you have a fourth gear in a '56 automajic??

Is it making a banging noise or just shifting hard? Does it happen on acceleration only?
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Old 08-13-2013, 03:19 PM   #4
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Default Re: Fourth gear bang In my Merc.

hard shifting up or down could be a sticky valve body, put in a can of lucas trans conditioner and see if that helps, i did for me
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Old 08-15-2013, 05:05 PM   #5
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LOL Fourth gear must have been drunk...any how did some research so I thought I would post....
http://ctcc9.blogspot.com/2009/02/te...ans-shift.html
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