crunchy tranny

[Blueknyt]

gear oil is no good in the newer trannys, stick with the atf, look for some conditioners, it may help, i havent seen any manual trannys with oil pans, could also be, the WCT5 was used in imports too, saganaw,muncie, borgwarner, and a few others produce tranys to fit a basic aplication, the engineers figure out what they want to use. the WCT5 is a good trany, and if used correctly (not to be confused with not raced, as alot of folk DONT know the properway to shift, Bangin through the gears AINT it) they hold up a long time.

Cal, work with the adjustments alittle or force yourself to slowdown alittle more before going into first, you can come to a stop in 2nd, but rather that, somewhere in the last 10 feet shift it to first, a motorcycle shouldn't have to be double clutched. all trannys with a few miles will make noise when shifting, some more thenothers. jsut remember, Humane error is the hardest thing to tune.

[Gisser]

i havent seen any manual trannys with oil pans

Call it a "bottom access plate," then.  No top cover I could see.  Nasty looking job for a DIYer, that's all.  Actually, I think Rangers have had import trannies since day one.  Before the family Ranger came the family S-10 which did have a T5.  No problems.