Strange Gear Problem
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When the car is moving it going to be harder to get into 1st but if this is happening when the car is not moving then you have a different issue. Sounds like there is something wrong with your shift fork/linkage (possibly bent). Same thing happen to a friend of mine would go into 1st sometimes with no problems and would lock out other times. It turns out his shift fork was broken! Check that ...
When the car is moving it going to be harder to get into 1st but if this is happening when the car is not moving then you have a different issue. Sounds like there is something wrong with your shift fork/linkage (possibly bent). Same thing happen to a friend of mine would go into 1st sometimes with no problems and would lock out other times. It turns out his shift fork was broken! Check that ...
If you've changed out your underhood bushings I'd highly consider looking into this area as the culprit.
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In case anyone was wondering what happened. Schaller Mitsubishi put the shift linkage in backwards when working on the transmission. I brough it to another dealer, they have corrected it.
I would have to agree with TTP, on it being your synchro spring. My second gear is doing this exact thing right now, I can get it to go into 2nd about 1 out of 100 trys. But if you do find something different please post it so that it could help the next person.
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I guess ill take it to the dealership and let them check it out again. This is the 3rd time the car is going in for this stupid transmission. It was already rebuilt.
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From: BRATISLAVA (SLOVAKIA)
if it happen just in the mornings when the car and the fluid are cold its normal,but when it happen during the day,or as you are driving and stop the car and you have still this problem,,i really dont know what could it be. im sorry
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I've had this problem with almost every car I've owned. It happens. I dont think ne thing is wrong. I know that some cars have a type of safety thing, where you have to go into first gear before you can get in reverse. I think its just point your at in the tranny that just need to go somewhere else first to align right. maybe i'm wrong though, I just know that is how some other vehicles are.