[s-cars] Help - Can't shift into 1st or 2nd!

[Peter Schulz]

BTDT 2x with my 200s.

Thanks to the guys at Apikol for making their short shifter 
installation instructions available on the web.
https://www.apikol.com/whitepaper/UrS4%20short%20shifter%20install.pdf

Figure 1a shows a 13mm bolt clamping the shifter linkage - check to 
see if this is tight.

If it is, there is a small arm that connects to a shaft in the 
transmission case - the other end has a ball which is held in a 
cup..that cup is attached to the linkage. On both my 200s, the ball 
started to separate from the arm, so I replaced the arm - as it turns 
out, if I had a welder I might have welded the ball back into place.

The arm/ball is shown here: 
https://www.apikol.com/whitepaper/UrS4%20short%20shifter%20install.pdf

It was a pain in the butt to remove and replace - I supported the car 
on jack stands and removed the front driver's wheel to get better access.
This is one of those jobs easier done using a lift.

HTH
-Peter
(not a sales pitch for Apikol, but they do make great stuff, and 
their web page was convenient to illustrate the parts.)





The shifter attaches to a linkage which its self attaches to another 
At 06:54 PM 5/30/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>It happened all of a sudden with no warning.  Stopped at a light an then
>couldn't get the car into 1st or second.  Had to drive from 3rd gear to
>limp home.  Reverse, 3rd, 4th and 5th work fine.  I can't even move the
>shifter in the positions that 1st and 2nd occupy.  It's like something
>is blocking it.  Anyone run into this before?
>
>Thanks,
>
>JR
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-Peter Schulz
Chelmsford Ma, USA
http://www.naaclub.org/

1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum

1991 200 20v Q Avant Titan Grey (soon for sale)

1991 90 20v Q Red
1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)