Actually about an 1987 F-150

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joeyy
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Actually about an 1987 F-150

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I know this site is for bronco II's but I'm looking at this '87 f-150, 4 speed manual, 4x4, 300CI, in line six. first gear is the granny gear, and I was wondering if its normal for it to want to grind putting it into 1st? you have to wait for the tranny or something to completely slow down enough to put it into 1st. My friend said that he barely ever uses 1st in older trucks, esp if they have the granny gear. But I was wondering if thats just how it is or if theres something wrong with the clutch or something?
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yes
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so there is something wrong with the clutch?
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you asked

first gear is the granny gear, and I was wondering if its normal for it to want to grind putting it into 1st?
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Dave you crack me up. joeyy, 1st will always grind. use 2nd when taking off from a stop. granny is good in low range when Crawling
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thats what i thought but i wanted to get a second opinion. thanks!
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Yup, 1st is not synchronized, so you will get a grinding noise in it if you are goiong to fast to put it in that gear.
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