on my way out the other night, i started having problems getting into gear. it got a lot worse when i went to go from a light and wasnt moving. turns out i was in third. it would not go into first. so i turned around and headed home with no first gear. it it very difficult to shift into any other gear and reverse is not an option. i had to leave it out in my driveway with the key in it. the whole shifter seems very loose if that helps at all. i did the shifter alignment shown on www.platonoff.com. i can now get into first and it is a little less loose, but when i put it in reverse and start to release the clutch, i just a grind. (so in other words, no reverse still.) anyone have ideas?
To me it sounds like your clutch is going bad. When mine started going bad on my 9-3 I had the same issues with reverse and third gear. I was able to baby it in for awhile, but eventually the clutch had to be replaced. It is unlikely that the linkage is responsible.
If you have a newer style shift linkage, or old for that matter, the bushings could have crapped out. Remove your shift linkage and inspect it. It would be good to pull out the shifter housing and look at the plastic bushings under the shift lever.
If it is hydrolic clutch, you may have a master cylinder failing.
clutch feels okay to me. i have the manual cable and that was my first thought. so i tightended that up but made no difference. it seems like the stick on the shifter needs to come down more if you will when shifting into reverse for it to engage. im not sure if you follow what im trying to say.
Take my advice on the shifter linkage. Especially if you have a cable clutch you should upgrade to the newer style linkage. Most junkyards have them around $60 or so.
okay i dont know how to remove the linkage or anything like that. ill probably have to bring it to my buddys tranny shop and have them take a look at it. i need this back on the road asap.
alright ill take a pic as soon as i get home from work. my buddy from the tranny shop said it sounds like sync rows and isnt a cheap fix. i hope you guys are right though. ill have the pic later tonight. and cable is fine
well my question has been answered and is being fixed so this thread can be removed. and thanks again for all the help. it was the tranny mount along with the linkage
Don't close this thread just yet.. I'm having shifter alignment issues. I am quite sure that the linkage itself if in good working condition. I do have all gears, it just stalls right out when I let the clutch out in first. Can't slip it, can't nothing.
Reverse works and the car is able to be backed up, but 1st isn't fully there obviously. I think my problem is to do with the male end not fully engaged into the female end. 1st is way to far forward and so is reverse. (makes sense bc linkage isn't fully in...
Attached is how it is supposed to be, with a poor paint explanation of how mine looks...Is there any trick/particular way to get this fully in??? It only goes about 1/2 to 3/4 in?
I got the car running and this is the last step to driveablility... HELP
EDIT: Also, I cannot take the key out of the ignition...any suggestions?
for reference: white is male end coming out of firewall and blue is female end (linkage). The white circle represents the same area...
just got it back from the shop. they replaced all motor and tranny mounts and replaced the entrire linkage assembly. that was what the problem was for me. could be other things for other people though
Glad she's back to normal...... just for future searchers sake and reference, I had a rear "sport mount" on mine for about 500 miles and it's bushing compressed about a half inch, started getting very difficult to get into reverse, swapped back to a more rigid race mount and all was well again.......
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