I just drove the van around the parking lot and backed in and out of
the parking space a few times. Couldn't hear any strange noises from
the transmission and had no problems shifting. But I couldn't go fast
enough to leave 2nd gear in this lot.

Also I crawled under and shifted by hand. It finally dawned on me what
people were talking about. Now that I know, I'd like to try to get it
stuck again so I can put the question of transmission or shifter to
rest.

On another note... there is some noise coming from the shifter itself,
and it feels like there's some resistance. It actually feels harder to
get into 1st now. Of course I did screw around with the shifter so I
may have caused all of this.

I'll try to find my way to 4th gear tomorrow and go from there.

Chris
85 GL

On Nov 4, 2004, at 15:32, Chris wrote:

> First of all I'd like to thank all the list members for their help and
> advise. I'd be lost without you guys.
>
> I had the van towed back to my place yesterday and haven't touched it
> till just a minute ago. I was going to check the linkage again the best
> I could. I got in the van and to my great surprise, SHIFTED TO 3RD!
> Then 2nd, 1st, reverse, back up to 4th and back down again. It felt
> just fine.
>
> What the heck does this mean?? The only thing that happened was the
> towing and a temperature drop after a cold front. I guess this means
> it's not the linkage unless something is binding.
>
> One thing did happen during that trip to Atlanta last week.... my
> parking brake/E-brake seemed much tighter than normal for a couple of
> days then went back to normal. I still don't know if it was my
> imagination or not and can't imagine how it'd have anything to do with
> this problem.
>
> I'm still not going to drive it till I figure out what the heck is
> going on. Anyone have a clue?
>
> Thanks again,
> Chris
> 85 GL
>