Here's the story.
I took my car out last night, on Christmas, because I needed to get out of the house, get some air, whatever you wanna call it. All night it shifts great. Almost too great. I park at my buddy's house, and left it running, because I was just stopping by. I back out of his driveway, and take down the street.
The shifter lets me have first obviously, and then second. When I go for third, the shifter won't cross into the 3rd/4th line. I figured it was the bushings and just drove it home in 2nd (gotta love the ability to hold 4k without hurting the engine).
This morning I get out and pull the shifter out of the extension housing. Bushings are fine, but the little thing the end of the shifter sits into won't move to the left. I then noticed there was a large nut on the housing that was backed off pretty far. I finger-tightened it and the shifter seemed to be able to move again a little bit. I reinstalled the shifter, and then could shift from 1-4 fine, but no 5th or Reverse.


Any ideas what the hell is going on?

 

well, does anyone know what I need to do here?
I'm sure this has happened before?

 

damm same as mine , and it was on Christmas too !!!! Mine is stuck in forth. I did a search and someone else had the same thing happen on Christmas to them last year. Hopefully Sure Shot will chime in and lend us some knoweledge.

 

I can shift freely from first through fourth, but it won't let me have fifth or reverse.

 

You mentioned a nut on the housing, perhaps if you tighten it more, it will allow you over to 5th and reverse. I don't know this for a fact, but since doing it fingertight allowed you to get over to 3rd and 4th, it only seems logical. Might want to check what exactly that nut does first though.

 

http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/showth...t=tranny+stuck
check this

 

I tried that. I can get to the gates between 3-5 and 4-R but no further.

 

http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/showth...003#post413003
this one might help

 

I hope that solution doesn't require removing the tranny. That would suck. I just put my tranny back in.

 

i hope thats how you fix that problem because sometimes i cant get into third gear & my shifter is extremely loose.