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help! she won't stay in 5th gear
Posted by AO [Email] (more from AO) on Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:41:07
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Hi all,
I was driving down a bumpy road at about 50mph yesterday and my dear car just popped out of fifth gear into neutral. I was able to shift back in for awhile and it would stay as long as it was under load. When I let off the gas, it popped out. Then after a while longer, it would pop out as soon as I let the clutch engage.
I haven't noticed any unusual whine but I haven't listened for one either. I also removed the rear shelf so everything is louder in general. The only prior symptom was that sometimes the stick would go unto no man's land on the right rather than into 5th and this was without raising the reverse piece. I had to have the reverse lockout adjusted 3 years ago but even then I don't recall this 5 gear problem. Then, the car was just stuck in 3d. All the other gears work fine.
How safe to drive? Costly to fix? I don't have time to tackle this one myself.
thanks. Let's hope it's not the gears.
AO
1989 900T sedan
176,000 miles
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