That can be very serious John,
jumping out of gear.
You never want that happening.
And it's not good to 'hold it into gear' more with pressure on the shift
lever.

now I *really* am wondering about the answer to those gear oil etc.
questions ( and miles on trans ) I asked in another post.
'Generally' ..the shift linkage 'can't" cause it to jump out of gear,
not usually anyway, though I image it's possible.

Scott.

On 3/2/2016 4:36 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> Now the position of the shift lever needs adjustment at the base, I'd guess
> On Mar 1, 2016 8:03 PM, "John Rodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After adjusting the shifter from" no shift" to operational on my van, it
>> now jumps out of third gear ocassionally. Any ideas as to why?
>>
>> John
>>