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The act of a missed shift, in itself, does not explain fordfan's tranny failure. But ... on the flip side of the same coin.... missing a gear, over revving the motor and "refinding" that gear at or near redline while at WOT will cause an tremendous amount of torque multiplication. In extreme cases (maybe fordfan's case???) the torque multiplication in itself could cause the failure on a set of perfectly aligned gears. I know... I blew 2nd gear on a 1 to 2 missed shift in a Richmond 6spd I had behind a 496 powered 69 Vette. Those gears had 100% contact, before and after the "customer funded" rebuild. The possibility of the transmission's 600 lbft rating may hold true, even with the evident 3rd gear misalignment. No one knows the answer on that one, 'cept for Tremec and I don't think we'll be hearing directly from them. I'm not left with a warm fuzzy on the evident uneven tooth wear though. One thing that I will say.. Third gear would definitely be stronger with 100% contact.

I'm not soliciting these alternative possibilities, just offering them up for consideration.

Frankly, I'm a little PO'd at fordfan for manipulating Kiesler through our board with ulterior motives while telling us and them lies along the way.. How many villains are there in this story???

Dave