Hey, I was coming home form a drive yesterday, was parking the car and it got stuck in reverse. I backed up, then put ti back into first and it stalled, so i did it 3 more times to the same effect. So i put it into neutral and the car started moving backwards. ANy ideas what this could be? linkage, tranny?

 

i'm assuming its an auto mayic, if it is then swap it to manual to fix your problem

 

says its a 5spd in his sig, he already did the conversion.

 

Could be anything: jammed shift linkage, broken fork, broken gear, failure of the clutch, etc

 

Since when do auto's have first gear?

Anyway, thanks for tryign icemark, im gonna have a mechanic friend of my fathers come by tomorrow morniing and look ti over. The clutch still opens cause i had to open it to be able to roll the car.

 

Same exact thing happened to me and i used this: http://www.miata.net/garage/stuckreverse.html

Took me all morning to finally get it right, i used a nail that i filed down. Shifts fine now.

Regards,

Patrick

I might be able to snap some photos on a spare transmission if you need them.

 

Im gonna go through that with my fathers friend in the morning, if you have the free time to take pictures I would be your best friend. Seriosuly though thanks for that link.

 

Here's a pic:

This is the general location of the hole you will need to enter (reverse sensor).
The other is a fuzzy close up of inside the hole. Basicaly you need to jam something in there, pry on it, and you will feel/hear the rod move. After that it should be good until it happens again.

Feel free to hit me up for any help. If you lived closer i would show you how to do it on my spare tranny. If you have a spare i highly sugest you practice on that first to see how it works. Any who....good luck!

Patrick

 

well i already had it towed to my parents mechanic, he should have a diganosis by tomorrow, if he hasnt done it already ill share this info with him. I would prefer to do things myself but simply dont have the time. Thanks a ton for the pictures.

 

Not a problem....its a simple procedure with the transmission out of the car. Its much more difficult with its still in the car because there is little to zero room between the tranny and the tunnel. Worst comes to worse, drop the tranny, take maybe 30 seconds to slide the bar, then re-install.

Pat

 

same thing happen to me. i dropped the tranny tray, used a flat head screw driver and moved around the linkages. found the one that was stuck and it poped out of reverse..