On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Shawn Wright wrote: > I had similar problems during our last trip, except that I was fairly > sure it was poor lube in the shift linkage, since I had the tranny out, > and rushed it back in without lubing the linkage bushings. Yeah, I have the same sort of problem. Shifting gets a bit stiff after a long highway run, and the shifter squeaks. The shifting gets nice and smooth, and the squeaking goes away, when I drive in the rain, so it's almost certainly a lubrication issue.
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