re review ford taurus sho excerpts from rec autos apr re review ford tauru by mark w rice mozart colu in article uupcb cutting hou tx us david bonds cutting hou tx us dav id bonds writes gk occasionally i have trouble shifting into reverse the shifter gk refuses to enter the gate and i often grind the synchros trying to gk get it into gear i ll be watching this carefully in the next couple gk of months enter st wait seconds and then go into reverse they use the same synchros and you ll never at least i haven t ground em to fit when using this technique or do like the manual says and put it in rd first then you can quickly go into reverse no waiting one more way which works in manual trans cars i ve driven and it is my personal favorite the other suggestions above are great but try this one too while pushing the shifter gently towards reverse let the clutch out slowly right to the friction point and the shifter will be pulled into position if you do it right the car won t jump backward nor will the gears grind you will just glide back sam
