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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!panix!dannyb
- From: dannyb@panix.com (Daniel Burstein)
- Subject: Re: 55 Chevy - No reverse
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.110719.9701@panix.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 11:07:19 GMT
- References: <4220.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- Organization: Panix, NYC
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- In <4220.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
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- >-> I can put the transmission INTO reverse, but it just doesn't move
- >-> (engage?) It as though it's still in neutral. The car runs fine in
- >-> drive (hi and low), and shifts just fine.
- >-> So, my question is, what could possibly be wrong with the
- >-> transmission? Anyone out there with ANY ideas?
-
- > Most likely, your shift rod fell off, or the lever on the side of the
- >trans fell off. Put it back on.
-
- > If the rods are still hooked up, you have a broken shift fork. That
- >not only requires special tools to get to, but GM doesn't sell them any
- >more. You would have to replace the trans.
- >
-
- -----------------
-
- Afraid I can't resist pulling your leg on this one <g>
-
- Your car probably has the original ranking order for an automatic
- transmission, namely: P-N-R-D-H-L
- rather than todays: P-R-N-D-H-L
-
- So,..... you're probably switching it into space #2, "Neutral", rather
- than the Revers setting.
-
- -----------------
- now for today's question: three no-prizes to the first person who can tell
- me when the switch was made to PRNDL...
-
- dannyb@panix.com
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