Hi everyone. I bought a 1993 4 door 1.8 L as a project/ parts car. It came with a carbon hood which I put on my coupe. (Pics can be found in ongoing projects section) The reason I am posting here is the car starts perfect everytime but seems to be stuck in gear. I think it is a very high gear maybe 3rd or even 4th. I have gotten under there with my dad and looked to make sure everything is connected properly. To our knowledge everything looks good, although we are not really tranny people. I would much rather work on a motor. I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions on what it could be and what to look out for.
Thanks,
Kenny.

 

anyoneee?????

 

have u tried just pulling it out of gear with some effort?

if its a project, just pull hard...

 

well the shifter is loose. I am not really sure what gear it is in. Just pull the shifter rod from underneath? Sorry new with trannys.

 

get in the car, and force it around.. just try to get it to move....

 

I would say maybe the detents are either worn in the shift block, or theres a clutch issue maybe to much free travel in between the throw out bearing and the pressure plate.

 

OK thanks. I will look into those. Any other ideas?

 

broken shift fork. Worse case scenario..

 

OK thanks. I will be checkin those out sometime soon. I have to work tomorrow so it will be after that.

 

jam007 may be right about a broken shift fork. If that's the case, no amount of fiddling around with the shifter will do anything. Shift fork is inside the transmission case. A reputable shop will visually inspect everything else once they have the case opened up, to make sure that a broken piece didn't damage anything else while the car was being driven. It is possible for a broken shift fork to break cleanly and fall out of the way and not chew up gears or synchros. This happened to a car I used to own and the 3rd/4th gear shift fork was a known weak point of that particular transaxle (fwd transmission). Dealer ordered the part and replaced it in a day.

 

OK thanks everyone!

 

So to get this checked out should I maybe take out the transmission?

 

Hey bro if u got the tools and resources to do it, I would it could save u alot of dough, but this could be a hit or miss diagnosis so, if u have the girth than go for it. For me I rather do my own wrenching save some money, or go buy the book for this im sure they have one out and read up on it....Good luck bro

 

Hell yea I got mad tools from my dad pretty much everything. And a big garage I am always down to wrench and learn more too! Pics are in ongoing projects under my 1997 impreza thread I will keep you guys posted! Thanks.