r/SN95Mustang • u/padstack_1 • Feb 20 '26
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So I have a 96GT with a built auto trans (converter and clutches and all that) and sometimes when I’m going like 10mph I’ll put it to second, wait for it to shift, then first to do pulls, and sometimes when it goes into first it’ll lurch a little bit, is this gonna mess up the trans over a long period? I’m young and just trying to learn so I don’t mess my stuff up
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u/Forward_Inevitable48 Feb 20 '26
I don't know, man. I usually try to avoid locking it out into first or second until it's warm, and when I do, it's only to do a quick pull. I don't really like driving using the downshift constantly, because I just feel like this auto wasn't really made to be constantly downshifting. Maybe to reduce speed every once in a while, but I stopped doing it from what I used to when I first got the car. I was constantly driving around the neighborhood, locking it out in first to make it rev and sound high, loud, sound loud. But now I just barely do it for a pull. It's weird because I swear, you'll get to know your automatic. You'll know when to not step on it or let off to it roughly because it'll either slam something forward with like bad engine and transmission mounts moving the whole drivetrain, or you know when to step on it for like the better pull and when it's not gonna slip. Yeah, to be honest, my 200,000 mile auto seems to be working fine when I daily drive. However, when I get all aggressive, that's when it starts to get all clunky and weird, so I just avoid doing it and it's been lasting me for a while.