Re: [DML] manual transmission woes

[William T Wilson <fluffy@xxxx>]

On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 Soma576@xxxx wrote:

> anywhere. i'm stuck in 1st gear now (i think it's first. might be 2nd). 
> does anyone have a clue what is happening here?

It sounds as though your shifter linkage has come apart. There are a rod
and a cable that transmit the shifter actions to the gearbox. It seems to
me like they've become disconnected at the shifter although it could have 
come apart in some other place also.

> just a note - i'm in fargo ND and the roads are all slushy and wet.
> maybe that's a factor?

If there was ice on the linkage, it could have added stress to it and made
it break. Road goo won't break it but cold weather might...