Date:         Thu, 25 May 2000 11:42:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Twigus Dogus <twig_dog@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Twigus Dogus <twig_dog@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      '87 Vngn stuck in 3rd gear
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Hello I have to get the girl back home tonight and
also decide if this is a repair for me and my limited
skills or for someone with more time and tools and
less fear of an open transmission.

Symptoms:
-Transmission is stuck in 3rd gear
-Shift lever moves only between 3rd and 1st gear
detents (with difficulty) and will not move towards
2nd or 4th at all.
-The small amount of moving that the gear shift lever
does will not move out of 3rd gear, no neutral.

I searched the archives like a good little boy and saw
a similar problem discussed where the problem was the
synchronizer hub for 3rd/4th (apparently).  The
symptoms described by that problem don't seem to match
my problem though so I'd like some input, please.

My intution says it's a linkage problem.  However, in
my brief exploration I was able to move the linkage
freely right at the gear box.  I didn't want to yank
too hard and get it out of gear since I have to drive
18 miles tonight.  If I'm gonna get stuck in a gear,
I'd prefer to leave it in 3rd, high enough to roll
home, BARELY low enough to get rolling.

Thanks in advance,
Roy (and Glenda, an '87 GL with nothing special other
than the heart of a trooper.)

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