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I had a situation one time in my first '85 900T about 12 years ago. I was driving through the panhandle of Oklahoma in the middle of the night (the best time to make that drive) and I started to lose the ability to get into different gears. I finally limped into Ok City at about 10 AM with only 3rd and 4th gear and that was a wasn't even consistent. I was freaking out, 500 miles from home, in a town I didn't know very well and a transmission that was shot.
The first thing I did was pull the center console to inspect the linkage, when I pulled the shifter out I found that the plastic ball at the bottom of the shifter had pretty much disintegrated. I think the part cost me about $12 at the dealer and I was happy motoring again.
My point is that minor linkage problems can feel like major trouble. If you are not familiar with the linkage then get a Bentley manual and read up. I can't see dumping the car over this, especially if it means a car payment every month to get another car.
posted by 67.190.16...
Posts in this Thread:
- oh, woe is me '92 900T (long), Kevin, Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:29:38
- Re: oh, woe is me - was it Town Fair Tire? Read on....., Alfred E. Newman, Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:43:11
- Never hand the keys to a C900 to anyone, No Snaab, Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:51:17
- Re: oh, woe is me '92 900T (long), MS, Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:24:17
- A phone call I once got from a tire shop, Caarl
, Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:35:33 - Re: oh, woe is me '92 900T (long), aalto, Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:51:41
- I agree, Steve Schwedland
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