In a message dated 3/31/01 4:10:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jboldway@COTTAGESOFT.COM writes:

> My '85 Westy is stuck in 4th gear. Thought it was shifter linkage trouble
> as the plastic gimball that the shifter pivots about broke - replaced it,
> but shifter won't budge - stuck in 4th. Can't crawl under car to look at
> linkage (auto accident in another car two weeks ago - still very sore &
> bruised) - does anybody know if this might be a dead tranny or is there
> something in the linkage under the car that might jamb up? Shifter moves up
> and down when plastic gimball was out - but wouldn't budge in the other two
> axis.
> Anybody got any ideas?
>

dreaded 3/4 gear slider hub crack.   break open the piggybank, time for a new
tranny.

chris
(has an automatic for a reason)

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