Help please? Did I install the shift tower incorrectly or is my trans fucked?
What is your question?
Replaced my clutch, flywheel, master and slave cylinders in my 04 Pontiac
Sunfire. Had issues with car not going into reverse after reinstalling all parts,
instead going into 4th. At this point, car would go into 1st through 5th gear
just fine. Took to one GM dealership, they told me that it might be the shifter
inside the vehicle since there was what they called excessive play. They
thought it might be slipping out of reverse and into fourth. Ordered that part
and replace. Haven't replaced shifter linkages though. Problems continued.
Took into another GM dealership, and they told me I was missing a bushing
on the shift tower (I believe it's called, the part the shift linkages connect to
that goes into the transmission. Managed to find the plastic bushing in my
driveway. Pulled out the shift tower, replaced the bushing. Reinstalled shift
tower. Car currently will shift into reverse and 5th gear. Will "shift" into
1st-4th gear, acts like in neutral, without clutch.
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Let’s review this situation - the ONLY thing that has been done is related to the shifter components - in which did indeed have an affect on the initial problem - I can’t figure why this would be considered a ‘transmission’ failure..
Some-thing is amiss with the installation that cannot be discovered here online.
Good luck!
