Ive got a 1985 danger ranger 2wd rally bucket 2.0..?..2.3? .. i have a studder at about 2... 2500 in second i was curious if anybody is dealing with this also??

 

Auto or manual? if its auto probably needs flush and filter.

 

It's a tk5 manual 5 speed.. I don't know I just bought it from some old man about a month ago and I have been going threw it trying to make it run as aficent as possible and this seems to be the only problem I can't figure to diagnose. If you have any other suggestions I am open for all kinds of stuff

 

May be clutch slipping have you changed the fluid? manuals like clean fluid to not to familiar with the older five speeds though.

 

No I have not changed the fluid I didn't think about that.. Good Idea though... Thanks

 

Yeah id change for some good fluid i think the older ones used gear lube but not 100% if that doesn't do it id check the clutch next could just be worn out ford has a habit of using self adjusting clutches (on the new ones not sure about the old 5 speeds) which it could be worn out but the pedal will feel normal.

 

the older 5 speeds used non adjusting clutches , and they used gear oil not atf fluid

you might have a cracked flywheel , your clutch is showing the early signs of failure

centerforce clutches are pretty cheap these days

 

Ok I think if it were my fly wheel I would feel it all the time. The stuffer is just from 2- 3 grand in second I threw new plugs in thinking they were just fowled up and not keeping up with the fuel but that didn't work and that's why I am on here so I don't wasted all of my time on trial an error...

 

not necessarily , a small crack in the flywheel will cause intermittent clutch slippage under acceleration

a large crack will cause a clutch explosion and loss of limbs or life at worst

 

Ok ok well hopfully it's not a crack in the fly wheel then.. I am just going to do some tendering this weekend and see if I can find anything out of te ordinary

 

Ok ok well hopfully it's not a crack in the fly wheel then.. I am just going to do some tendering this weekend and see if I can find anything out of te ordinary