Ok. So my car starts and runs fine. I was driving along the expressway, and when i got to the light, I stopped and i shifted into first, but whichever gear I'm in, the car doesnt do anything. My friend told me it was the linkage of the shifter to the tranny. The clutch doesn't even need to be engaged, and I can put the car into 1,2,3,4,5,R without having an effect on the car's idle.. In fact.. the entire shifter portion doesn't do anything.. So.. where do I start?

Is it the linkage? and if it is.. I might as well just get a Mazdatrix short shifter.. b/c the rubber pieces when i opened up the shifter boot is all ripped up too.. and the shifter has been loose.

TELL ME WHAT TO DO ROTARY GODS

 

buy a Civic!!!


....god im really sorry about that....

Im not really sure though, hope someone can help!

 

Sounds like an internal linkage problem to me, take a gander into the the FSM to get a better idea of how the linkage works in there. Its been a while since i've had my tail shaft housing off so i cant remeber all that much about it. take out the shifter and see if the shifter ball is still in the cup just for a possible easy fix. Good luck and get back to us with an update.

 

Sounds like your pressure plate is REALLY busted, or the clutch disk is non-existant...

With the car off, can you hear the tranny gears engaging when you move the shifter through the gears? Is there any resistance at all in the shifter?

 

somone stole u clutch disk, try what wayne said, if you linkage wasnt working there wouldnt be any resistance at all in the shifter. it would just glide all around

 

AFter looking at the diagrams i agree.

 

the shifter is just non-responsive.. everything works fine except the shifter down.. the clutch disk is fine... so is it just a matter of the shifter being connected with the tranny? and if so.. what should i do?

 

what od you mean by the shifter down? rev, 2nd and 4th?

 

can i just replace the shifter and the linkage to the tranny... will that solve the problem?

 

There are no shifter linkages, per se, there is a shifter rod that goes fron the shifter housing into the tranny. Have you pulled your shifter out? Is it broken in two? How are your shifter bushings?

If it is still in one piece, and the bushings are good, then I suggest downloading the tranny section of the FSM. The problem is internal . It could be a simple as the roll pin has broken or worked out of the socket that the shifter sits in. If not that then it will be internal and will require a teardown.

 

^^^ i agree
take out the shifter first - see if its broken

 

Where are you located in norcal? If you're close, I may have a spare NA tranny lying about....

 

if its something internal its gonna be less of a hassle to if you dont know what ur doing to just buy a new one, if you know what ur doing you might be able to get away with pulling the tail shaft off. i have a whole tranny in peices in my backyard so if you need any peices PM me