so i was driving my 87 pickup 4x4 and i lost 1st and 2nd gear. i have a 81 4x4 thats complete. will the trans swap completly? i would think so but wanna make sure before i tear into it. planned on doing it this weekend.

 

update on this. i took the shifter out and all look good. i started the truck and the truck seems to be stuck in first gear. is anyone familular with this. how do i fix this problem?

 

you might have bent a shift fork??? I had a similar problem on a zuk, rebuilt the tranny only to find out that the fork which controlled 1st and 2nd was slightly bent.

were you working it over to get it in to 1st???


Jon

 

i had to force it into first gear. i had a guy take it apart. i broke the shift fork shaft in half. a total clean break. i'm not sure if i should be bummin or take it as a accomleshment.

 

I'm impressed with the accomplishment, but don't blame ya if your bummin'. Clean break, huh? Nice. Sounds like somethin' I'd do, knock on wood.