Who knows transmissions?

[96QQ45]

Driving the Q home tonight the shifter broke loose-just laying somewhere near third gear but not held in place. It won't go into park or change gears. I stopped but didn't try to shift it too much. It went through the gears fine on its own and got me home. Anyone know what is up with that?

[elwesso]

so its now stuck or something??

Sounds like maybe it just need adjusted or is binding somewhere... I think any decent mechanic should be able to diagnose it, as the shifter mechanism is fairly simple.....

[maxnix]

I presume you mean the selector? It wasn't loose previously or anything?

Get it on a lift and look at the linkage.

[nuQ]

happened to me years and years ago on a 76 cutlass supreme!!!!!

pretty easy fix, just the linkage

[Q451990]

I think the linkage is held on to the transmission with a single nut... as far as I know there are no cables involved. Q1 had a loose linkage once - but that was after a transmission replacement, so I presume the tech. didn't tighten it down.

Heath

[96QQ45]

The Q got a ride over to the transmission shop. No charge to fix the linkage. Will be riding in style again tomorrow!!