Q: The truck has problems shifting

asked by on October 06, 2016

I don't know if its bad if the master cylinder has messed up, and how much is it to replace it
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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Hello, thanks for writing in about your Ford F-100. Depending on the engine you have and if you have a manual transmission then you may have broken motor and transmission mounts that will cause the clutch linkage and shifter to not work correct since it gets out of alignment.

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