If you drove out in the middle of nowhere and had this problem and then had
to hold or tie the shifter in gear for the trip home:
A.  Would this work?
B. Would this do some terrible damage to the tranny and should not be tried
even as an emergency proceedure?

I have heard of people doing  this just to get home, but I wanted Dayrll's
opinion of it.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
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