bmdubya1198
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- Aug 24, 2016
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- Charlotte, NC
I finally pulled up the shift boot to see what's going on with my shifter, and I can't see anything too clearly wrong except that the whole "cage" is moving around.
I have very little movement from the shifter. It's in the center, but I'm not able to put the transmission into any gear. I thought it may be possible that these little bead things that were in the car may have gotten jammed in the ball joint, but I feel like it's probably something else.
When I bought the car, the PO told me that it had done that before, but eventually freed up. I got it free a couple times before but it still felt really hard and jammed back up soon after. I can't seem to get it free now.
Has anyone had this happen before? I don't want to spend money on a new shifter and have it turn out that the tranny is shot. I really think this has something to do with the shifter/linkages, but anything's possible I guess.
I'll get it up in the air at some point and look at the shifter, but it's been insanely hot and humid here lately, and my R is currently occupying my garage space during its M56 swap.
It's also worth mentioning that the shift lever itself is pretty messed up. It just looks pretty messed up... couldn't tell you what happened/who messed with it.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/V34Ev4YVT539Ga6u8
I have very little movement from the shifter. It's in the center, but I'm not able to put the transmission into any gear. I thought it may be possible that these little bead things that were in the car may have gotten jammed in the ball joint, but I feel like it's probably something else.
When I bought the car, the PO told me that it had done that before, but eventually freed up. I got it free a couple times before but it still felt really hard and jammed back up soon after. I can't seem to get it free now.
Has anyone had this happen before? I don't want to spend money on a new shifter and have it turn out that the tranny is shot. I really think this has something to do with the shifter/linkages, but anything's possible I guess.
I'll get it up in the air at some point and look at the shifter, but it's been insanely hot and humid here lately, and my R is currently occupying my garage space during its M56 swap.
It's also worth mentioning that the shift lever itself is pretty messed up. It just looks pretty messed up... couldn't tell you what happened/who messed with it.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/V34Ev4YVT539Ga6u8
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