Car Not Going Into 5th Gear.. Wtf?

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01-24-2004, 09:47 PM

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Benny

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i dont like cruising in 4th gear. And its a problem i would just like to fix anyhow. Its weird though.. last night it was perfectly fine. then this morning when i left to work, it wouldnt go into gear period, not with the car off, or stopped.

01-24-2004, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jan 24 2004, 09:55 PM

you have 40 cars

kevin

01-25-2004, 10:28 AM

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you have 40 cars

kevin

its like a 4 hour job

01-25-2004, 01:53 PM

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its like a 4 hour job

exactly, you figure in breaks, and food time, and sit down and watch tv time, and deal with annoying girl time, etc etc, and its a 10 day job.

kevin.

01-25-2004, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by teknics' date='Jan 24 2004, 10:38 PM

yea but who can afford downtime?

kevin.

Yeah, i only have one car. DOn't feel like taking the tranny out for this only was doing a clutch job.

01-26-2004, 02:14 AM

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could it be a bent shift fork?

01-26-2004, 10:50 AM

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could it be a bent shift fork?

unlikely, the forks are cast steel. it could be the following; jammed shift rod (you wouldnt have reverse in this case), synchro broken so badly a peice is jammed in there, failed hub sleeve (again reverse wouldnt work), it could also be the shifter

01-26-2004, 11:54 AM

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what about the shifter could it be?

01-26-2004, 12:12 PM

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what about the shifter could it be?

i dunno, could be something broke and is stuck in there

01-26-2004, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Benny' date='Jan 26 2004, 12:54 PM

what about the shifter could it be?

Could be, pull off the interior stuff and have a look.

I had a Toyota that did the same thing once, but 3rd.

Thought it was the tranny, but after a quick inspection of the interior linkage

it was just a little "pin" in the way.