whats up im Thomas Mark from Salida north of Modesto ca. i bought this car about a week ago and have experianced many problems. it has 6000 dollers in work and reciepts and a clean title. it a white immaculate 83 gs with 20,000 on new moter with papers and 4,000 on rebuilt tranny. ive lost all gears exept 1st and
2nd and am wondering if this is a shifter linkage issue? i grampa the car but use the gears to pass because it only has 100hp and if you buy a car you deserve to drive it ...right? im on here for you help i dont ewant to sell this car i got a great deal on it .ive already replaced the belts on in and it has no AC nor power steering. they say more power but its hard to tell. Help me with my car so i can drive it, cars that sit dont start.

 

Wow...I had such a hard time reading and understanding what you were saying bro. But nice car.

 

welcome to the club. if u have all the paper work of all the work done, see who did the tranny and take it to them. it could be a linkage issue but who knows. it'll have to be taken apart to know what's really wrong. can u get reverse? how much mechanical ability do u have, meaning have u ever worked on a car before?

 

Good news is you are running out of stuff to replace.

 

its got a new clucth but the gears are messed up, it feels like 3rd 4th 5th and reverse dont exist, but 1st and second work fine??? no grinds just not there when i got to put in in the higher gears. wtf theres only 4,000 miles on the new tranny done by nor cal transmission. new syncros bearings and seals . is it the tail house linkage or the tranny, ive never heard of loosing that many gears at once. if it is the tranny anyone got one in good shape i could buy off them ?

 

I would check with the shop that did the work first. Can you feel any resistance when you try to shift into the higher gear you should feel a little when moving from gear to gear. If the shop won't fix it you should be able to find a cheap tranny. I have one from a 1980 Gs but I live in Montana shipping would not be cheap. I would check on the forum or ebay for one.