Re: tuff transmission

["basfe25" <drrub46@xxxx>]

Check all of the rubber bushings on the shift linkage and check to 
make sure the pivot bolt isn't bent. There is a shift cable that I 
now has a tendacy to rub against the chassis where it exists and the 
plastic coating on it wears/tears on it. Once that happens water can 
get into it and cause it to stick. One way to repair it without 
taking it off the car would be to use the plasti-dip they use on 
tool handles (sold in home depot). It's a liquid that when you dip 
your tool handles into it creates a rubber coating on them. You can 
brush this on to fix the gash if there is one. You will then have to 
try and lube the cable up too. Again, check the bushings on the 
linkage, mine were either missing or torn and made it hard to shift.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, wmack <wmack@xxxx> wrote:
> My transmission has started giving me troubles. It is beginning 
to get 
> difficult to make the shift from 2nd to 3rd and 4th to 5th. I am 
having 
> trouble moving the shift lever from left to right and right to 
left. This 
> morning on my way into work in took 2 hands to shift into 5th. 
Any ideas what 
> the problem could be?
> 
> Thanks
> Willie
> Vin 5043