no need to start a new post. just continue this one so it all stays in one place.

 

[QUOTE=CPenn;12449921]It was cleaned and properly lubricated. That part moves smoothly. No hard shove is moving the shift lever to the right. It shifts nicely from 1 to 4, no noise. I removed the shift lever and found that I could shift 1-4 with my hand moving the metal receiver. The first picture shows the neutral position. From there I can shift it straight up or down, again, without even using the shift lever. It feels normal. In the second picture, I slightly massaged it to the right (which is the same as moving the shifter lever to the left), and can also easily put it into gear upward or backward. Those are gears 1 and 2. Third picture shows my attempt on the left side (same as the shift lever pushed to the right). It moves rightward into what feels like the proper position. Problem is that I could not move it back no matter how hard I pulled. And if I did not have it in the exact right position, it would flop over to the left side and move completely uninhibited not grabbing anything. i.e. I had to "feel" for the correct spot or else I would "miss". This was not possible when I was working the other side. Is this normal?



you mention that it will not move to the rear, (this would be expected with a four speed), and did not mention attempting to move it to the front, which would be reverse, if it moves to the front then, unless im missing something, it would appear to me to be a normally shifting four speed.

 

I got the tranny off. I'll start a new thread on that. I think I found the problem....