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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 05:54 PM
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No reverse unless I shift to drive first

Finished my flush, but now it won't shift to reverse unless i shift all the way to drive first. I thought it might be the hard shifting lever(i think something is up with the linkage), so i shifted to neutral, then reverse, but no success. It's still about 1/4-1/2" overfilled, I jsut ran to the hardware store and it's consistently still not shifting to reverse unless I take it all the way to drive first.

Really hoping I didn't break something in the process...

Edit: I did do the shifting through the gears while it was flushing out the old coolant, could the valve be stuck due to that?
 
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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 06:02 PM
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FWIW mine has been doing this occasionally when cold for over a year. No other symptoms and once I do the P->D->R sequence it works perfectly.
 
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This actually fixed itself after running for a bit once I drained about 3/4 quart of fluid, as I was overfilled. Check your fluid level maybe?
 
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I would still double check the linkage if it's not 100%. Even if there isn't an issue with it now an ounce of prevention...
 
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