When did you leave? Might have known my Father-In-Law since he own's the St.Charles Territory.
Sasquatch has nothing related to drivetrain that would necessitate a different transmission. The Badlands already has all the same parts, with the manual. So, your guess is as good as anyone else's guess.
Route sales in Central Iowa. Management, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Jacksonvile Fl. and Alabama. Career: 1980-1998.
1989 E30 (257K). 1997 Z3 (192K). 2005 E46 330i (120K). 2006 325i (399K). 2008 Z4 Coupe (103K). My commute is 170 miles a day.Making a wild guess that all your BMW's are 70's-90's cars. They are famous for having well synchronized gearing and also lock-out pins to prevent you from doing stupid things to your transmission.
Below is the shift box from my '51 Fleetline. Now, I get it, 1st gear isn't synchronized in this 3-on-the-tree vehicle, and this is a famous shift box for having to make absolutely square (ie: 90 degree) articulation of the shift lever without cutting corners or "hammer shifting" (forcing it into gear quickly), but this is the patented example of what happens when having metal components in a position other than that which they were designed to be in:
As you can see, the NOS shift box (top) has full housing walls, the dog sits square in the jaws and the jaws themselves are nice and toit like a toiger.
The bottom box has been hammer shifted and clearly had pressure on it most of the 23,000 miles of it's life (that's a decent replacement interval for post-war late 40's carry-over engineering, the 1950's cleared this up as metal became available for the first time in almost a decade). Notice the housing walls have worn down causing the jaws to be spread apart and the dog has rounded the jaw teeth.
Now, i'm lucky as hell to have found a NOS 1948 car shift box that sat on a parts room shelf for the past 82 years. Paid a pretty penny for it as well. Long story short, yes, forcing metal on metal contact will induce premature wear, EVEN if you're using Molykote (likely used in your Germanic rigs). I also swapped out all the chassis lube pictured for Molykote, but that's only going to extend the life, not solve the problem.
Is this something people cross shop. I know there are a lot of people on here that hate on the 2.3. I test drove a Ranger 2.3 and happen to like it. Especially since I’m getting it paired with a 7-sp manual in my Bronco. But it’s nothing compared to the 5.7 I had in my Tundra at least in terms of pure unadulterated power. It would toss you back in the seat even in a heavy crew cab TRD 4x4.
Back in the 1980s I was a big proponent of Made in the USA (still am but not as hard core). I bought the Ranger new in February 1987. I distinctly remember the Maroney window sticker stated the engine was sourced from Brazil and the transmission from Japan (a Mazda unit I'd bet). The point is it was a great truck.
It could be, they had a couple plants. I know they also made them in the US too... supposedly that is where most of the bad ones came from.
My ole 92 ranger had mazda trans. It survived 6 years of me banging the gears and chirping the tires a good 70% of the time. I was very abusive and it never even needed a clutch.
