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Mar 26, 2006 | 08:26 PM

peckhamjusten

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transmission trouble

i have no clue as to whats wrong cause i dont work with trannys that much. any help would be appreciated. its an automatic overdrive 302 tranny. all gears are forward. park=park R=use to be neutral now forward N=forward OD,D,1 those are good any suggestions?

Mar 26, 2006 | 09:28 PM

kc7smo

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Sounds to me like your linkage is out of whack. I would readjust the linkage and see what happens. Any chiltons, Hayes, etc manual should tell you how to check the linkage. Basically, just unbolt the linkage, shift the transmission by hand into park, put the gear selector into park, and then tighten the linkage back up.
Try that before you do any expensive tranny work.

Mar 27, 2006 | 06:41 AM

peckhamjusten

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the linkage was the first thing i checked and its fine. it only does this when the engine is running cause with the engine off i can shift it in neutral and it is neutral.

Mar 27, 2006 | 07:25 AM

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Sounds like one of my other vehicles (Nova...I know BAD ME!) that I have had when I replaced an automatic 2sp trany that had a floor shifter to a column type setup!
Coc-a-may-mee / M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E but it worked and ran too!

Mar 27, 2006 | 07:34 AM

peckhamjusten

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so what did you do to fix it?

Mar 27, 2006 | 08:00 AM

crazypaw

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I got used to the way it shifted cause I knew nothing about linkaging at the time.

And my dad tried to use it when he was tipsy and not knowing what's what possibly saved his life! YEAH ME!