shifting issue 1948 custom 8

Posted by jsa03781 On 2009/6/3 10:21:56

The other day I found myself stuck in reverse so I opened the hood and reached in a moved the levers back to center. Well when I got back into the car I then had 2nd and 3nd no 1st or R so I got the car up on ramps and got underneath and looked all the linkage to see that all seemed to be free of any binding. Then had someone try to shift the car as I watched from below. What I saw as at the end of the column was that after the cotter pin and nut there was something that moved up and down. I oiled that then watched some more. At that point I have 1 2 3 but no R so I keep watching when I realized that there was a key or chuck that moved up and down and back and forth. So I thought might be the problem and put some white grease on that but really it isn't any better. I can drive the car but sometimes I get 1 and R but then cannot get 2 and 3. unless I put the car in neutral and move it back and for a bit then zI can get the gears I am looking for. Any ideas guys?