I put my old attempted cut/welded linkage back in, and I can actually find 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Also, the linkage i got from ebay seems too short as well as my damn shifter hits the console.. Wondering if I got fucked on ebay, or if my transmission is fucked or what the hell the problem is.

 

Give me a killer deal shipped on it man. I need a break bigtime after spending way to damn much on this swap.

 

did you try to install it the the other direction? I did mine flip flop once and had the same problem.

 

switch gears on your tranny without the linkage hooked up with your hand, if it goes in you're cool :1

 

as far as I know i've installed it correctly. the plate underneath from the stabilizer that holdes in the shifter is on the bottom side of the linkage.. was yours not even wanting to go into gears when you had it in backwards? mine will go frontward and backward (3rd 4th) but that's it.. it doesn't even want to go left or right

 

it doesn't shift but forward and back.. wont go in any gear rotating the bar

 

If you remove the shift linkages off the trans, you should be able to shift gears, you may need to use allittle perswazion such as channal locks or a small prybar. If you can't shift it with the linkages off then you have internal problems, i have seen bent shift forks cause this problem keeping you stuck on one shaft and allowing you to shift on other shaft. The other problem which makes allittle more sense is a crapped out syncros and or gears, i have even seen trashed blocker rings do this. IN other words if you cant shift it by hand with the linkages off, get another one or find someone who can recon it. I would try to find another known good one and try to shift it by hand with linkages off, i think this will reveal your problem. Don't waist any more time with the linkages until you verified it will even shift by hand.

 

found yer problem

 

i stuck a punch through the hole and tried like hell to hit gears.. i got it to go forward and back no problem, anything else is impossible. not really wanting to dump much more into the car than i already have considering it has a little rust, and only a measley b18a1, so the car is currently back on the bay entertaining offers. good thing is the motor fires right up and actually idles very well so hopefully it'll bring a little jack.

 

i'll let u suck my left nutt for that ls block.....no......ok i'll allow suckage of the right nutt also....