5th gear crapped out Options

[FSX_Celica94GT]

I was driving from my friends house up to my dads work to drop off his bomex back bumper *which was cracked in like 5 different places when we got the package after waiting a month* and was driving in fifth gear just fine, then i stopped, and when i accelerated up to 40mph, i shifted to fifth gear, and i heard a grinding noise when i tried to go, i tried it again, and it still grinded, all of a sudden i couldnt use my fifth gear when i just used it 10 seconds ago. Anyone know what could have caused this? Also, my transmission makes a whistling noise through all the gears, but starts out real soft in first, but then you can really hear it in fifth, i think that might have something to do w/ my 5th gear goin out, but i dont know what the whistling noise is, any help would be appreciated thanx.
also, we're lookin at buyin a new transmission, are the transmissions from the camry's the exact same as our celicas 5sfe transmissions? if so, would it be cheaper to get one off of a camry? how much do 5sfe tranys go for usually?

This post has been edited by FSX_Celica94GT: May 21, 2005 - 10:18 PM

[red94celicagt]

Ok embaressing(SP?) story time:

So I made my own custom shoft shifter by cutting off the shifter. I put the shiftknob back on, but since I just cut the thread off of the stick, I had to sue the 3 screw design on the handle. I screwed in all three screws really really tight (bad move) and everything was ok...

I was driving down the road one day and my shift knob felt a little loose, I was just going to plan to tighten it up later at home. I took off at the green light in first, shift into second no problem. I go to shift into third and I can't. No grinding noises no nothing...I just can't shift into third. I thought some piece in the tranny had become bent or something, thus blocking my shifter form going into gear, so I was forced to shift into fourth like a moron.

I got home and tightened the screws (only 2 this time) and didn't think anything of the missing screw. This same thing happened to me for the next few days, sometimes it was second I couldn't shift into or third...but finally I got home and took off the shifter knob and the boot with the plastic piece. I see the missing screw is laying on top of the ball in the middle of the shifter...it would push against the side if I tried to shift...causing the problems I was having

sometimes I feel like such an idiot