Quote (ArtofApocalypse @ Feb 2 2019 11:43pm)
I warm my car up at least 10 minutes and even then the trans stutters going 1st to 2nd. If it is already warmed up or just warm outside, I don't have an issue. So winter I do for the trans?
My 5.0 does this too. With an mt82 and a short throw shifter.
Transmission fluid also needs time to warm up, and unlike the engine, it won’t get warm by idoling. It has to warm up from the driveshaft spinning and gears engaged (while driving) so just go easy on it until it gets warmed up.
One thing I do when it grinds if it’s cold out, instead of forcing the shifter into the gear, pull it back to the “edge” of the gear, and let it slide it on its own. If you try to do this slowly, you’ll feel where the transmission grabs the shifter from neutral to the gear you’re going to. Going slow allows the synchros to get up to speed and thus - no grind. Typically a thicker trans fluid helps cold weather grinding issues.