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[paulofto]

Originally Posted by dsallean

My day just got worse as I picked up the car from the monkeys at the state inspection place and now my car won't shift into second or fourth or sixth!

Check your shifter linkage at the trans end. One of the cable may have popped off the linkage. It could have happened during the inspection.

[pidj]

Sorry - this was intended as a new post.

[dsallean]

Originally Posted by paulofto

Check your shifter linkage at the trans end. One of the cable may have popped off the linkage. It could have happened during the inspection.

Looks like the cable is messed up at the transmission end. Is this fixable or do I need to get a new cable?

[paulofto]

Originally Posted by dsallean

Looks like the cable is messed up at the transmission end. Is this fixable or do I need to get a new cable?

That definitely doesn't look right. It looks like the inner cable is extended out of the outer sheath. This could mean that it has actually come loose at the shifter end. When mine messed up the cable had popped off the linkage and it was an easy fix. This looks a little more involved.

[dsallean]

Originally Posted by paulofto

That definitely doesn't look right. It looks like the inner cable is extended out of the outer sheath. This could mean that it has actually come loose at the shifter end. When mine messed up the cable had popped off the linkage and it was an easy fix. This looks a little more involved.

The shifter end is all good. I removed the center console and checked everything. I did slide the metal end of the shifter cable at the transmission end back up and secured it with some Permatex RTV for now. Shifting fine thru all gears. But I think a new cable is next on the project list.