bake_90GXL

This is my only car and I don't know what to do. Nutrual (I can't spell worth ****) is reverse, first is fifth, and 2nd is something. I pulled the shifter and it had metal chunks there. I drained the oil and there were no metal shavings in it so i'm not really sure what to do. Going to drop the tranny so I can start pulling the shifter potion off so I can see what broke. The only junkyard that is open has an 88 and I know that those trannies are different.

RotaryRocket88

iTrader: (7)

The shifter area isn't connected to the rest of the transmission, so if you broke anything, it's probably the shifter bushings. You can see the pieces here: http://www.mazdatrix.com/g4.htm. Also, S4 & S5 transmissions are the same, so an '88 NA trans will work just fine.

bake_90GXL

and again thank you for your help I will goto junkyard and just get the shifter portion out. pissed off that I pulled the whole tranny apart trying to find where the metal shavings came from and it was just the shifter!....all the gears and syncros look good. well I guess that it needed a good cleaning and sealing anyway. again thanks for your help!

RotaryRocket88

iTrader: (7)

Too bad I wasn't on earlier to let you know sooner! Depending on what broke in the shifter area, having the trans out of the car may make the job easier anyway. GL.

bake_90GXL

I think that it is the shifter itself. On the first ball in the groove there is a something broken in the middle. There maybe something that is missing cause there were a lot of metal chunks in that area.

bake_90GXL

well the 88 didn't have **** in it but they had an 85. I am going to give that shifter a shot to see it works out. It seems to work well.

1988 gul

same thing happened to me, but 1st and 2nd was bounded up, it wasn't fifth.

I took my tranny apart to the gears in my auto shop, put it back together and it works. (for now.)<- not really trusting my self seeing as how i'm in highschool.