If you feel the linkage is puttin it all the way into gear, then its likely
a bad 3rd gear..happens..
Daryl of AA Transaxle
(425) 788-4070
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  Subject: manuel trans pop's drops out of third gear

 > getting it running and gas tank reseal.  The thing is that the shifter
seem
> to just drop out of third gear once and a while.
> It does have a shifter extention on it .  180,00.0 + miles are on  it .
> Other than this it shifts very smooth in all gears.
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