My tranny locked up takin off from a red light in first gear !!!!!!!!!!! Just boom bang and squeal !!!!!!!!!!!!!Glasses fly off my face cigarett goes flyin almost pissed myself and of coarse all the horn blowin jerks that think Im doin this on perpose LOL lalalalalala Go f yor self people !!! Any way what would cause it to lock into 5th gear ? 1st 2nd and 4th and reverse is completely locked up I can drive it in 3rd and 5th and in nutral dont ask but yes it wont come out of gear ? help help pm me let me know if any of you know what happened here please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh I have a 87 GXL with a 86 5speed in it . And now a very burnt clutch yuk stinky !!!!!!!!!!!

 

perhaps a broken shift fork?

I'm not sure, but if you need a transmission quickly, i've got a 1990 5 speed for sale.

Hope you figure yours out though!

Good luck,
Manolis

 

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Yeah this same thing happened to me when pulling into a shopping center after puting it in first, bang, boom, It would just bind in 1st 2nd and only go in revers, so I had to call a flatbed to come pick my car up. At least it didn't happen at high speeds!

long story short I went to a local junkyard and pulled a tranny from an 88 gxl, and put it in my 89 GTU at the time, ended up paying like $500 total, with a new clutch ect.. helps if you do it yourslef, pretty easy....

 

90 tranny? how much>?

 

The part about 3rd or 5th both working is interesting. It could be just a worn out shift linkage. About 2 years ago my 5th gear got stuck. If I tried any other gear, it locked, so I limped home in 5th. I pulled the tranny in the driveway, took it apart, and found the lock nut on the main shaft had come loose, backed up & jammed 5th so tight I had to chisel the thrust collar off. It cost me $60 for the parts (2 lock nuts, thrust collar & retaining rings). I took a chance the bearings were OK. Then comes the magic – synthetic gear oil. It’s been together almost 2 years, and I nail 2nd at 6k and chirp the oversize rear tires almost daily.

 

I found another tranny over in detroit for 100.00 with under 100.000 on it he says he has 5 to choose from the one I want is the newest one 88 GXL . But I burned up the clutch plate gettin it home . It was brand new only has a little over 2500 miles on it .