lost 1st nd 2nd gear
Jul 30, 2007, 03:23 PM
#1
lost 1st nd 2nd gear
while driving home the other night, I somehow lost gears 1-2. everything else works fine. I wasn't even making any boost. 3am, drove about 60 yards to a stop sign and stopped. put it in first, went for second and nothing went to third. stopped again to see what was going on, and had no more 1st and second gear. at first I though it was the linkage. came home and inspected the linkage in the engine bay and under the shifter. everything looked intact. all cotter pins and bushings accounted for in the engine bay. same under the shifter console. It all appears to move correctly but looks/feels/sounds like nothing is being engaged inside the transmission for gears 1-2. I am thinking shift fork. Any thoughts before I go to the dealer would be awesome. thanks everyone
Jul 30, 2007, 06:31 PM
#3
if car is stock, bring to dealer..i had same issue, turned out the oil leaked from drain plug...causing 1st and 2nd to get locked out, like hittin a brick wall...but you said your is actually going in gear..so i'm unsure....if car is running you can put it in 1st without clutch and nothing happens?
Jul 31, 2007, 07:03 AM
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check the shifter linkage that bolts to the tranns the gold colored shifter forks there should be a small white u shapped plastic bushing inbetween the the upper and lower shift links if its not there this will cause your problem.
Jul 31, 2007, 12:47 PM
#7
my tranny was just fixed... i completely stripped my 3rd gear....
Dont drive it around and make the same mistake i made because when it was taken apart the teeth from the gear nicked the rest of the tranny too. i was a couple miles from my house, so i kept going home and after about a mile can can hear everything getting destroyed.
Good luck!
Dont drive it around and make the same mistake i made because when it was taken apart the teeth from the gear nicked the rest of the tranny too. i was a couple miles from my house, so i kept going home and after about a mile can can hear everything getting destroyed.
Good luck!
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Jul 31, 2007, 03:49 PM
#9
well, guys. had to move the car around the street to get it onto the flatbed, now it seems worst. now neutral is actually feeling like a gear also. but does not really go anywhere just stalls if you let off the clutch. I dont know what the hell is going on in there. But it goes into the dealer tonight. Wish me luck.
Jul 31, 2007, 05:26 PM
#12
I've had this happen to me on various blown transmissions from different cars. If the engine stalls out on you in neutral, this means that there is metal fragments that are lodged in between the gears preventing from any rotation of the shafts (even in neutral). You need a new transmission or rebuild. Take it to the dealer, make sure you have no signs of any modifications. Either 1st and 2nd cracked on you, or maybe the springs/keys from the hub or sleeve just let go and became lodged in between some other gears.
