After doing the "search"...i'm confiming my fears here...

'85 SE trans...tried a 3-pointer and the trans is stuck in reverese....can't even bang the stick out of the reverse position with a hammer.

Sure it got colder here in L.A. the last few days, but its not "real" cold compared to the rest of the country....so whatcha think? Rebuild time? Anyone have an estimate on what it costs to rebuild an '85 tranny?

 

try loosening up the reverse light switch, sometimes they get jammed. the fix is to add another washer behind the switch

 

^^ I Agree. When I swapped my trans, I forgot to put one of the washers on the reverse light switch, and the car wouldn't go into reverse. When I added the washed back on, it worked.

 

Been diving with the trans for a few months now with no probs...just recently it began getting difficult to take out of reverse...not its stuck.

I will check the switch though...

 

the switch jams the linkage, and it can just happen too

 

happened to a trans of mine as well. install the washer or add an extra and you should be back on tha road

 

That's a neat fix.

 

...So is this the sensor on the drivers or passengers side?

 

theres a bulletin on it for the miata, but its the same parts and symptoms as the rx7's

 

i wanna say drivers, but i really dont remember... loosen both?

 

did the drivers side....no budgie....like a rock with the rod box (where the shifter goes) locked at 11'0clock.

 

you could'nt budge this thing with a slege hammer!