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Hello friends,
this is my first post on this forum. I've been an MKII owner since 1991, with a bit of a gap between when I had to junk my first one (sniff), but luckily I found another one in 2001 and am happy ever since :wink: I've been on the mailing list as well, maybe some of you remember me; I've dropped off due to work overload and traffic.
Still, I love my Supra, still have a tiny bit of my old Supra page online (www.anja-christen.de/Supra.htm), so I am not new to the car and its great community.
Anway, enough of the intro. Here's my problem:
This weekend we went driving in the mountains, and after a very quick climb up to 8000 feet my third gear didn't work any more. It simply wasn't possible to select it, when trying to push the lever forward where it usually lived, it simply didn't move, like it was blocked.
Later on (driving down a mountain pass without 3rd is not exactly perfect) after a small break, it would go in, but not really smooth and exact, and in the position where the 5th is located!! The 4th goes in, but very badly, like there are multiple "brackets" where you could push the lever to. Funnily enough, the 5th still goes in, but only when shifting from 4th to 5th.
Any pointer what the problem could be? I am reluctant to pull the gearbox and rebuild it (besides that I don't really have a place to do so). I am no stranger to dirty fingers, broken fingernails and wrench sizes
The car is a 83 model with manual transmission btw.
Any pointers are welcome!!
Thanks and greetings from a very sunny Germany,
Zoe
this is my first post on this forum. I've been an MKII owner since 1991, with a bit of a gap between when I had to junk my first one (sniff), but luckily I found another one in 2001 and am happy ever since :wink: I've been on the mailing list as well, maybe some of you remember me; I've dropped off due to work overload and traffic.
Still, I love my Supra, still have a tiny bit of my old Supra page online (www.anja-christen.de/Supra.htm), so I am not new to the car and its great community.
Anway, enough of the intro. Here's my problem:
This weekend we went driving in the mountains, and after a very quick climb up to 8000 feet my third gear didn't work any more. It simply wasn't possible to select it, when trying to push the lever forward where it usually lived, it simply didn't move, like it was blocked.
Later on (driving down a mountain pass without 3rd is not exactly perfect) after a small break, it would go in, but not really smooth and exact, and in the position where the 5th is located!! The 4th goes in, but very badly, like there are multiple "brackets" where you could push the lever to. Funnily enough, the 5th still goes in, but only when shifting from 4th to 5th.
Any pointer what the problem could be? I am reluctant to pull the gearbox and rebuild it (besides that I don't really have a place to do so). I am no stranger to dirty fingers, broken fingernails and wrench sizes
The car is a 83 model with manual transmission btw.
Any pointers are welcome!!
Thanks and greetings from a very sunny Germany,
Zoe