Transmission Work Required

Hi all,

I ordered cables from Rodney today, and He doesn't think it's the cables, actually pretty odd what's happening being a 4 speed, suggested lube the whole shifter area in front...ordered the shifter rebuild kit & linkage bushing also.

The shop has my original trans, they will inspect and install this one and use any parts from the current one. Then install the new cables when they arrive Thursday...we hope as Rodney has to make them and his shop has major work being done on it...and I bought the GM Syncromesh and will drop this off tomorrow for Andy.

I hope to pick this up Friday...any ideas to suggest to the shop???

Cheers

It would not go into reverse, I checked by firing up and see if it was in gear...no matter how hard I shifted left it would not click in to shift upward into gear...almost to the point of bending the shifter.

I checked the clutch, cables in all settings, had Kerstin sit in and tested every shift option, adjusting the cables and testing

end result...no reverse at start up, once warm the 2nd started to shiffen up to the point it would not go into gear, then 1st did the same and left with only 3rd & 4th

Bassman wrote: It would not go into reverse, I checked by firing up and see if it was in gear...no matter how hard I shifted left it would not click in to shift upward into gear...almost to the point of bending the shifter. I checked the clutch, cables in all settings, had Kerstin sit in and tested every shift option, adjusting the cables and testing

Brian, just to clarify... Did you disconnect the cables at the tranny and leave them disconnected for any of these tests?

Patrick wrote: With the cables disconnected at the tranny (and the engine not running), it shouldn't be all that difficult to move the two levers on the tranny to put it into any/all gears if the problem is not internal.

Romeo wrote: How odd... You shouldn't be losing individual gears like that... If it was the linkage, you'd lose a whole column or row at a time (1st and 3rd, or 1st and 2nd). Were it the clutch, you'd lose everything, period...

No, still had 3rd & 4th when I finally stopped driving...

Bassman wrote: Yes...David and Blair provided me info on what to check...

Heh heh... I'm not trying to interrogate you Brian (honest!), but if the levers on the tranny wouldn't move into position (with the cables disconnected), I don't understand how lubing or rebuilding the shifter would help to resolve the problem?

Bassman wrote: I ordered cables from Rodney today, and He doesn't think it's the cables, actually pretty odd what's happening being a 4 speed, suggested lube the whole shifter area in front...ordered the shifter rebuild kit & linkage bushing also.

Something's probably being lost in the translation, but the situation seems awfully confusing from what we've been able (or not been able) to discern here in this thread.

Update...car still at shop, RD cables and bushing kits arrived and they will attempt on Monday to finish it off.  Andy said the cables are awesome especially the SS balls ends, glad I went this route as FS requires to use your old ones.

Now he installed back my original trans, I hope it was inspected before, but since the one in there had no issues, they are set on the problem with slack and cables...really concerned, guess we'll see on Monday...really wish I paid someone from the club that knows what the hell they are doing than a shop.

Happy Father's Day all, enjoy tomorrow