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Old 05-16-2012, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony Radford View Post
The same thing happened to me. Snapped the main shaft in two between second and third. Killed third and forth. I blamed mine on the fact that I used to trailer it in gear. I test drove it down at Southern, put her on the trailer and when I took it off, the gears were gone. I carried it to Vintage Mustang in Decatur, GA and had it rebuilt. Don (owner) said he'd never seen anything like it. Looks like it's happened at least twice.
Tony, so lightening does strike twice Just surprising with the size of the shaft. When I lost third and forth I thought it might be due to the linkage arm coming loose from the shifting arm... no such luck but wish it had been, because it would have been a hell of a lot less time and $$$$.
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