My gt won't shift into reverse. Could the ice storm we are having have frozen the linkage?
Car won't go into reverse
GeorgeOpel
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I'll replace the gear oil with a good synthetic
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Had an old Toyota that I broke reverse in. Spouse and I drove it for almost 2 years without it. Just had to think when parking, pull thru, park on uphill, pull up roll back to park etc etc. Only time it was hard was in snow and drunk driving.
Hell George, it's a GT, push it to back up.
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I had a Ford Taurus (AKA POS) and one day it broke reverse. It broke a lot of the transmission. I have no idea what happened but... Let me tell a story...
A week earlier I was given one of the happiest days of my life. My (then) wife had me served with divorce papers.
I immediately started looking for a new place to live and was driving my POS from place to place.
I lived on a hill and one of the first days, searching for a new place, my POS was unhappy going DOWN the hill. The transmission seemed to lock in second and reverse at the same time but was still going forward. If I stepped on the gas it struggled to move faster. Then with a loud CLUNK it was fine again.
It did this a couple times more over the next couple days.
A week after I got the papers I pulled up in front of a house and put the shifter into PARK. All of a sudden the car shuddered, went BANG, and smoke poured out from under the car. I was thinking CARP!
Well, I cranked and cranked it and it finally started. And ran just fine.
The next house I went to, I parked in the driveway. When I went to leave.... no reverse. FRACK!
You'd think that was the end of the story but, no....
The next day I went to drive and, just for giggles, checked reverse. Worked fine. No probs at all.
EXCEPT for after I got off work... no reverse.
I'll cut the story short by saying this. I had no more problems with the transmission as long as I accepted that the reverse "might" work when it was cold. The colder it was the more likely reverse would work. If it was warm, no reverse, ever.
I drove it for a year after that. 90 miles each way to my GF's house every weekend. It was still a driver when I sent it off to POS heaven.
Who needs reverse?
A week earlier I was given one of the happiest days of my life. My (then) wife had me served with divorce papers.
I immediately started looking for a new place to live and was driving my POS from place to place.
I lived on a hill and one of the first days, searching for a new place, my POS was unhappy going DOWN the hill. The transmission seemed to lock in second and reverse at the same time but was still going forward. If I stepped on the gas it struggled to move faster. Then with a loud CLUNK it was fine again.
It did this a couple times more over the next couple days.
A week after I got the papers I pulled up in front of a house and put the shifter into PARK. All of a sudden the car shuddered, went BANG, and smoke poured out from under the car. I was thinking CARP!
Well, I cranked and cranked it and it finally started. And ran just fine.
The next house I went to, I parked in the driveway. When I went to leave.... no reverse. FRACK!
You'd think that was the end of the story but, no....
The next day I went to drive and, just for giggles, checked reverse. Worked fine. No probs at all.
EXCEPT for after I got off work... no reverse.
I'll cut the story short by saying this. I had no more problems with the transmission as long as I accepted that the reverse "might" work when it was cold. The colder it was the more likely reverse would work. If it was warm, no reverse, ever.
I drove it for a year after that. 90 miles each way to my GF's house every weekend. It was still a driver when I sent it off to POS heaven.
Who needs reverse?
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One other thought..
Does your shifter tilt to one side.. (I.E. Manta tranny in a GT)
If so with bad, worn and squissy mounts, it could make getting the shifter over to the R hard. So if the GT was a on a banked area the tranny would shift one way and it works. Banked the other way, it binds and won't.
I seriously doubt it was ice. Unless you drove up onto some snow bank or something. Trannys get hot and thus should melt off any ice.
Does your shifter tilt to one side.. (I.E. Manta tranny in a GT)
If so with bad, worn and squissy mounts, it could make getting the shifter over to the R hard. So if the GT was a on a banked area the tranny would shift one way and it works. Banked the other way, it binds and won't.
I seriously doubt it was ice. Unless you drove up onto some snow bank or something. Trannys get hot and thus should melt off any ice.
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Maybe not.. Tranny shop time..
If its an in and out thing.. have to nail it down first.
1) Does it not go down into R
1B) Is there resistance to the pull knob on the shifter.?
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2) Does it not get far enough to the left to get in the slot to go down at all ?
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3) Does it go into gear, but won't move
#1 - Linkage adjustment on transmission, ( there is a nut that adjusts the shaft that slides left to right), Clutch cable adjustment (Pull it out a ring or two and see if that helps), or Clutch adjustment at Bell housing
#1B - Broken shifter
#2 - Tranny mounts, and possibly have a Manta transmission so shifter is not getting far enough to the left.
#3 - Clutch or Yea.. time for Transmission shop..
Bet its #1 - #2 and in that case its something you can fix in the garage.
If its an in and out thing.. have to nail it down first.
1) Does it not go down into R
1B) Is there resistance to the pull knob on the shifter.?
or
2) Does it not get far enough to the left to get in the slot to go down at all ?
or
3) Does it go into gear, but won't move
#1 - Linkage adjustment on transmission, ( there is a nut that adjusts the shaft that slides left to right), Clutch cable adjustment (Pull it out a ring or two and see if that helps), or Clutch adjustment at Bell housing
#1B - Broken shifter
#2 - Tranny mounts, and possibly have a Manta transmission so shifter is not getting far enough to the left.
#3 - Clutch or Yea.. time for Transmission shop..
Bet its #1 - #2 and in that case its something you can fix in the garage.
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The reverse lockout 1b and 2 can't move lever into R:sigh:
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Linkage problem for sure.. OR the Manta tranny in a GT issue..
In neutral is the shifter straight up and down or pointing to the passenger side by about 15 degrees ?
You probably have a Manta (Or Kadett) transmission and need a new tranny mount.
Ask around someone may have the spare yoke for the transmission so you can take the tranny to a shop and have them replace the yoke. The one for the GT is tilted so the shifter comes up straight.
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The shifter is straight.
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The shifter is straight up in N
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Then go for the low hanging fruit first..
Pull out the clutch cable 2 rings and see if that helps.
If not.. then get under it and check the linkage and make sure nothings bent or broken.
If not that, get under the car and check the cable adjustment at the arm.
If thats all good.. adjust the shifter linkage that slides left and right.. doesnt take much adjustment there.
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What would keep the lever from raising up?
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The black ring..? The cable inside broke OR the spring holding it down has gone "Boing"
Sounds like you MAY need a new shifter.
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They don't list everything they have in the catalog. Call?In OGTS? I couldn't find it in catalog
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Odd...
I just started my GT. It's about 20 degrees out.
It didn't want to go into gear.
If it was idling and I let out the clutch it died.
I think George unleashed a virus or a voodoo spell or something.
I just started my GT. It's about 20 degrees out.
It didn't want to go into gear.
If it was idling and I let out the clutch it died.
I think George unleashed a virus or a voodoo spell or something.
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t up
Car runs great and shifts in 1-4 gear. The ring won't lift up. I took the boot off but i can't.see why the ring won't lift up.:feedback:
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Sounds like the shifter works when there is no need to activate the lift lock out release on the shifter. If you can remove lift up the rubber gasket at the base of the shifter and look at the operation of the shifter and the linkage through the hole, when u lift up the reverse ring. You should see if the shifter ring action should allows the reverse lockout to lift high enough to clear the notch on the linkage. If this does not happen it is spring or shifter replacement time and or shifter adjustment time, hope this helps Ron
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Sounds like george put on a custom shift knob (or at the very least a non factory one).
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