i was wondering i jus bought a 99 ta m6 and a light will appear sometiimes says skip shift whats the deal with that is that effecting my shifting when i race

 

Do a search for "skip shift". When you are at part throttle it will automatically shift to 4th gear, and you won't able to shift to anything unless you apply more throttle. You can get something to get rid of it so you can shift naturally, or you can make your own. A search will reveal more.

 

Just to clarify... it doesn't "automatically" shift anything in the M6. When you manually shift it, it blocks 2nd gear, allowing you to move only to 4th. If you bought your car used, and you don't feel anything blocking 2nd gear when you are at low load/part throttle, the previous owner may already have defeated the skip shift solenoid.

 

I thought it would shift to 4th for you, but you could only choose 1st or 4th. Wow, I got that backwards. Last time I try to answer something T56 related Thanks for clarifying.

 

Hi Fred. I have already put the 2.2k resistor in my harness so I can't easily test if the car would go into 3rd with the skip shift enabled. I'm just wondering if that was the case. What I'm asking according to your description is if 3rd was available during the skip shift lock out?

 

pretty sure it only blocks 2nd gear.

it's a real pain in the ***.

oh and a side note. even if the "skip shift" is bypassed with an aftermarket unit...the light will still come on the dash. i know i've seen people ask about that.

if you see that light and you havnt noticed anything wierd about trying to shift to 2nd gear...consider yourself lucky...skip shift sucks


edited...sorry...it was a pre-morning coffee posting mistake

 

Yes, 3rd gear is available. Before i eliminated my skip shift, i used to go to 3rd gear instead of fourth.

I believe teke184 meant to say it only blocks 2nd gear and he is correct

 

Before I installed the resistor my '02, I'm pretty sure both second and third were blocked when the light was on.

You can go to 5th or 6th... but I wouldn't recommend it.

It should never come into play when you're racing.

You can get the light disabled with a mail-order tune, among other options. Personally, I like the light.

 

Roger that. I like to see it come on; it's my cue to move into 3rd. In normal traffic I use 1st, 3rd and 5th. Only when the car is cold do I row through the whole lot.

 

I can't remember whether it blocked 2nd or 2nd and 3rd.... I thought it was possible to just flip it up into 3rd, but that was so long ago, I can't remember. I bought the car new in August 1994. Two weeks later the skip shift solenoid was unplugged.

For the last 5/6 years, I've been running a TH400 with an aftermarket ECU for the engine..... my stock PCM is still there for the VSS and IAC, and the "skip shift" light on the dash still comes on.

If you disconnect the skip shift light you get yet another code. Best thing to do is simply go into the PCM and change the "enable" and "disable" parameters to the skip shift is never activated.

 

If life goes in the direction of headers and a blower then I'll have it tuned out. Otherwise the momentary light is just part of the drama.