Stuck in Reverse!

[wbute]

Its wear in the shifter its self. When you go out of the reverse gate the gear lever moves but the selector stays where it was. If you then stick it in first you are now in two gears at once. There are washers and bushes that become loose over time allowing this to happen. But if you get excited when you pull it out of reverse it will happen anyway.
Seems holden converted what was basically a column shift setup to floor shift, and they were on a tight budget.
Finding second gear in an aussie 4 speed when it was cold was an issue from new from what I have heard. It will go in, but it clearly doesn't want to. Perhaps thats why most aussie 4 speeds blew up. I skip second and go for 3rd when its cold.
You can see why everyone went for a smooth shifting 5 speed conversion in the day.
How come no one ever made a quality after market shifter for the Aussie 4 speed? Reckon there would have been a big market for one in the 70's/80's.

[buck]

Its wear in the shifter its self. When you go out of the reverse gate the gear lever moves but the selector stays where it was. If you then stick it in first you are now in two gears at once. There are washers and bushes that become loose over time allowing this to happen. But if you get excited when you pull it out of reverse it will happen anyway.
Seems holden converted what was basically a column shift setup to floor shift, and they were on a tight budget.
Finding second gear in an aussie 4 speed when it was cold was an issue from new from what I have heard. It will go in, but it clearly doesn't want to. Perhaps thats why most aussie 4 speeds blew up. I skip second and go for 3rd when its cold.
You can see why everyone went for a smooth shifting 5 speed conversion in the day.


How come no one ever made a quality after market shifter for the Aussie 4 speed? Reckon there would have been a big market for one in the 70's/80's.

yeap exactly the same thing, I have just had my m20 rebuilt, still easier to skip 2nd when cold its all so the same with my dads ZF 5 speed, always skip 2nd when cold, as for reverse you must use the gate properly and not try and drag it across.if it jams put it back in reverse and give it a bit of a jiggle to get the linkages moving again.
I swaped a 3 on the tree for a speco floor shift and still had the same problem with second gear jaming in the selector so the speco units where no better when they are worn.