Morning all Have a problem .. yesterday everything worked as it should.. This morning I try to back my wagon ( 55 wagon 272 overdrive) out of the garage and have no reverse , other gears work . linkage appears to go into place but no rear movement when releasing clutch ... I took the linkage off at the trany to be sure it is engaging properly and it seams to.. In regards to reverse lockout does it keep the linkage on the sideplate from moving or will it move but not move internally thanks FRED
I have this on another site as well and heres an updateHeres an update, took the cable completely off the lever and moved the lever to the forward stop while moving the reverse arm manually found that i sometimes had to rotate the driveshaft slightly , but think thats normal Im kinda confused (easily done) when i have the lever in reverse i cannot turn the driveshaft which tells me the reverse ****** gear must be engaged but when I leave it like that and start the car , no movement when i release the clutch ... I dosent matter which position the overdrive lever is in the result is the same
There is an internal mechanism in the trans that prevents engagement of reverse when the car is in overdrive. Since the car worked normally one day then not the next day I would suspect something inside the overdrive Broke/moved whatever to prevent reverse.
I think your right , just hate to admit that something just broke but i guess things work till they dont
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