Re: Anybody out there lost 5th/reverse yet??

[ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Jim Sullivan writes:
> I've got an '84 5000S wagon with 112K miles.  As I was driving home tonite,
> I noticed that it was hard to get into 5th gear, and then finally it 
> became impossible. No grinding, the gear shifter just didn't seem to go over 
> to the right place...

I have had this happen to my 4000 some years ago.  I don't know if you
have the same problem but mine was cheap to fix -- replacing the shift
linkage bushings did the trick.

-Ti
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