Mham2k
15+ Year Contributor
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- Feb 8, 2008
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Dallas,
Texas
I like DIY and learning which is why I built it in the first place. So i'm happy to learn and solve the issue, I don't want to send it out to anyone.
I swapped dogbox gears, rails, forks, ect. from a 91-94 trans into my into my current 2G trans. Modified the case where I needed to. Thanks @twicks69 for giving me direction there, It was working fine but I noticed it was hard to get into reverse and 5th, probably shimmed those too tight. I attempted to shim everything to factory spec. (used plumbers solder)
While doing some test driving the car got stuck in reverse, when trying to pull it out using the clutch and gas I somehow popped the pin out of my shift linkage and it came off of the transmission. When I put it back on I found the car stuck in second, first feels empty, neutral goes back and forth as it should but the car is still in second gear. When I move into second it feels like it going into gear, not sure what that is. I know this isn't first because I have to ride the clutch to get the car going before I disengage it completely. The car shifts into the rest of the gears fine but the car will only move back and forth then stop when I lift off of the clutch because the engaged gear is locking up the rest.
I'm thinking my shifter mechanism or the bottom of my 1st shift rail is off or broken somehow.
Any thoughts on this? I know I will need to take the trans and apart just thinking before I crack it back open.
I swapped dogbox gears, rails, forks, ect. from a 91-94 trans into my into my current 2G trans. Modified the case where I needed to. Thanks @twicks69 for giving me direction there, It was working fine but I noticed it was hard to get into reverse and 5th, probably shimmed those too tight. I attempted to shim everything to factory spec. (used plumbers solder)
While doing some test driving the car got stuck in reverse, when trying to pull it out using the clutch and gas I somehow popped the pin out of my shift linkage and it came off of the transmission. When I put it back on I found the car stuck in second, first feels empty, neutral goes back and forth as it should but the car is still in second gear. When I move into second it feels like it going into gear, not sure what that is. I know this isn't first because I have to ride the clutch to get the car going before I disengage it completely. The car shifts into the rest of the gears fine but the car will only move back and forth then stop when I lift off of the clutch because the engaged gear is locking up the rest.
I'm thinking my shifter mechanism or the bottom of my 1st shift rail is off or broken somehow.
Any thoughts on this? I know I will need to take the trans and apart just thinking before I crack it back open.