T-45 woes

[The Deuce]

I think I knocked something loose in my Shifter linkage. I was backing the car up tonight and the tranny got stuck in Reverse. I got it into neutral but there was a lot of resistance in the stick.

I wasn't in a position to take it apart, or leave it there, so I played a little rough and shook it loose. Unfortunatly, now accelerating there is a rattling coming from what I think is right on top of the transmission.

Don't have any idea what it could be, other than a clip or something simple. I hope. The last thing I need is to have broken something major not doing anything fun. Any thoughts before I open it up? I'm not real fond of digging into it, as I don't have even a bad manual here yet.

Is my car freak of nature, or has anyone else encountered a similar problem?

[Drewkeen]

my t-45 cobra has gottn stuck in reverse several times, i dont tihnk ive noticed the rattling though...is there a problem or not, i have a tri-ax not so i just hti it hard and it comes outta reverse.

[The Deuce]

There is a lever that gets the tranny into reverse and 5th. I think mine is bent, because it never did like to go into reverse, and it got stuck again this morning on a test drive, now it sounds worse. I'm hoping nothing sheared off and got stuck, its getting towed into the shop to take a look.

[toyGT]

Hopefully when you had trouble putting it into reverse.. you'd put it into 1st and then reverse.. or if that didn't work.. put it in 1st drive forward a tiny bit then put it in reverse..

rather than just jamming it into reverse.. it's a security feature of the manual Transmissions.. so that you don't just accidetnly be cruising at 60mph and drop it into reverse

[The Deuce]

Originally posted by toyGT
Hopefully when you had trouble putting it into reverse.. you'd put it into 1st and then reverse.. or if that didn't work.. put it in 1st drive forward a tiny bit then put it in reverse..

rather than just jamming it into reverse.. it's a security feature of the manual Transmissions.. so that you don't just accidetnly be cruising at 60mph and drop it into reverse

No I wouldn't. I would have to do everything to get the darn thing to back up sometimes. Neutral, first, second fifth, neutral second, reverse, reverse. You name it I would do it sometimes.

I honestly think something was bent before I got it. Getting it torn down right now. Hopefully the aux shaft is all that's wrong, but I won't know for at least a day.