help im stuck in 3rd! Options

[hockeyplyr24]

hey everyone. Recently my car gets stuck in whichever gear it is in. I managed to get it into 3rd in case i have to drive somewhere i can get place to place. But what is wrong? do i need a new shift cable? and where can i find one of these? been looking on the internet but just havent found the right website. thanks every1

[Hanyo]

does your clutch pedel feel funny?

[cochise]

hey everyone. Recently my car gets stuck in whichever gear it is in. I managed to get it into 3rd in case i have to drive somewhere i can get place to place. But what is wrong? do i need a new shift cable? and where can i find one of these? been looking on the internet but just havent found the right website. thanks every1

Will it shift with the engine turned off. If so it is probably your clutch.

[hockeyplyr24]

hey everyone. Recently my car gets stuck in whichever gear it is in. I managed to get it into 3rd in case i have to drive somewhere i can get place to place. But what is wrong? do i need a new shift cable? and where can i find one of these? been looking on the internet but just havent found the right website. thanks every1

Will it shift with the engine turned off. If so it is probably your clutch.

actually its a pretty new clutch..

it wont even shift through the gears when its turned off..which makes me think it is the linkage..cant find any online places that have it though. any suggestion?

[bccentaur3]

Don't panic. When you have time go to where your car is and just keep playing with the stick. Make sure you are pumping the clutch pedal. It'll soon free up and allow you to drive again.

[bccentaur3]

So what did you end up finding out?

[hockeyplyr24]

So what did you end up finding out?

i went and tried that..i think its stuck in 4th now. the stick just goes back and forth..wont go into any gear and wont move side to side at all. i have absolutely no idea what to do.

stick just moves freely back and forth. any1 ever have this happen?

[rjbibeau]

it's probably your linkage. try shifting it into gear from under the hood manually.

[bslik]

Yea the same exact thing just happened to my car. It sucks so bad. I had to drive home in 1st gear, but I think it happened because I used to have really bad engine mounts so my motor was rockin hard! So now that I fixed the mounts the shifting only went into 1st 3rd n 5th.
But now it doesn't move out of whatever gear I put it in,


I looked under the hood at the shifting mechanisms and all that crap down there n it looks like the cable that pulls the gears is all frayed n ripped apart. I guess the rocking motor ripped it up,

So anywayyyyyyyy, how do I fix this???
Where do I get a new one?
Please help! I miss my gears (sniffle)

[rjbibeau]

need a new shift cable. dealership=$ or junkyard=less $

[hockeyplyr24]

need a new shift cable. dealership=$ or junkyard=less $

is a dealer or junkyard really the only places to get these?

[bslik]

ok check me out, so i get off of work early today so i go home and try to find my shifting problem.
i jacked up my car n crawled under to find my ripped up shift control cable.

so after hours of taking apart my shifter and figuring out how to take the linkage off the bottom of the shift ball thing, i finally got it off
but now i have to find a new one

This post has been edited by bslik: Mar 27, 2008 - 3:14 PM

[bslik]

called all auto parts stores, wholesale and wrecking auto salvage places and NONE of them have this shift control cable... so i called up the toyota dealer and my only hope is to pay $380.45 for a small little cabel.

anyone have ANY other ideas of where i might find a used one? or just a cheap one? because i really dont want to throw money at my 5s-fe when im swappin it in june

[hockeyplyr24]

called all auto parts stores, wholesale and wrecking auto salvage places and NONE of them have this shift control cable... so i called up the toyota dealer and my only hope is to pay $380.45 for a small little cabel.

anyone have ANY other ideas of where i might find a used one? or just a cheap one? because i really dont want to throw money at my 5s-fe when im swappin it in june

bump

[goferris]

put up a want to buy thread in the buy/sell forum or look for a thread with someone parting out their GT. other wise you'll need to shell out the big bucks to get one from toyota.
GL