Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:13:48 -0400 From: "Eric Law" <elawnopsamexxx.com> Subject: Re: 900s problems with fifth gear after being rearended
Hmmm... was it hit hard? It's possible that the chassis was tweaked a little, and it's affected the alignment of the tranny to the shifter. Another possibility is that an engine mount broke or was bent. If you're lucky, you might get out of this one with a simple shift-linkage adjustment, but make sure the people doing the adjusting know what they're doing! There are a couple of "right" ways to do it and about 100 "wrong" ways. Eric Law P.S. If it's an engine-mount problem, fix the mount *first* and then adjust the linkage if it still needs it. eichler <eichdsgnnopsamnet> wrote in message news:eichdsgn-1604991347390001nopsamap2-nas02-88.chi.ais.net... > My '89 900s was recently rear ended. Besides the body & chassis damage, > there was mechanical damage as well. > > Fifth gear took some finnessing to engage. I would move the shifter to the > fifth gear position & then have to find the one sweet spot that would keep > the car in fifth. Once in gear, the car worked fine, it would not pop out > of fifth & could just as easily accelerate as before. > > The one thing was that when engaged in fifth, my backup lights would come on. > > Neither of these problems happenned before impact. > > The car has since been fixed. > > My question is - Has anyone ever had this problem before? > > Both the other party's insurance company (let's call them Fate Starm) and > the local dealer's mechanic say this problem was not caused by the > accident - implying I am full of beans. > > BTW - a local independent shop repaired the car. These two mechanics were > with another dealership before starting their own shop. This independent > shop is called Peterson Automotive of Skokie, Il. > > Anyone with similar problem? > > eichler.
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