During a drive my transmission stopped letting me shift into first, third, and fifth gears. It wasnt a gradual increased difficulty, it was just all of a sudden. It happened once before, but it self corrected after a minute. I have driven about 25 miles since it started doing this and it hasnt changed. I am low on gear oil, so is that likely the problem?

 

good chance the pilot bearing is bad.

 

How would the pilot bearing disable the odd numbered gears only?

 

good chance that since your low on gear oil you syncros are poorly lubricated. since it self corrected last time i would try putting in some lucus syncro mesh and then topping on the tranny with good new gear oil. and see if that helps first. i say go with the cheaper fixes first it might work instead of going after a full tranny rebuild now.

 

exactly what i was thinking the pilot bearing does nothing more then support the front of the input shaft of the tranny.

 

Thanks for the reply. Would autozone have good enough gear oil for now? I am a few hours away from home, and dont have a single tool to use, so I am hoping that putting in the oil fixes it.

 

yeah autozone carriers lucus syncro mesh just ask them for it and the get lucus gear oil thats the best stuff they have there.