87 5KCSQ 1st/2nd gear Kaput

[Joe Fyffe]

Motor/Tranny mounts, maybe?
Joe

The Balakrishnans wrote:

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> A starnge thing happened on my way home this evening.  I
> was driving at high speed on the express way and when I
> took the exit to stop at a Home Depot store, the car's
> gearshift suddenly would not engage the first and 2nd
> gears.  I  found that I could force it into these gears
> only by pushing the gear down (like in shifting to
> reverse).  This has never happened to me before.  It seems
> to me like this is a problem with the linkage rather than
> the transimssion itself.  Any BTDT's out there ?  Should I
> be preparing for a major transmission repair ?  My car has
> 160k miles on it, and has a new clutch, new master
> cylinder (yes the system was completely flushed) and new
> tires.  Appreciate responses from anyone who migth have
> insight on what is going on.  Thanks.