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Missed 4th doing about 75 INTO 2nd gear!!! MORE (archive)
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Posted by Zach on August 20, 2000 at 17:12:28:

What the hell is that??? Even my old 89 5.0 used to not allow the tranny to g o into a gear that could possible blow the engine/transmission. I couldn't believe it!! I was just screwing around and stomped on it in third gear until red-line and then "upshifted" to 4th and went into second! The car violently spun it's tires and slowed down and I punched the clutch in as fast as I could before something REALLY bad happened.

1. Why did this happen? Besides my sloppy shifting, isn't there something that prevents this?

2. Did I do any permanant damage to my car? It drives fine but I wonder I just took 10,000 miles off the life of my clutch...

3. Has this happened to anyone else?

Thanks.

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