Very Stupid Question
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,749
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From: Liberty Hill Texas
I have had mine for about 2 months now.. What I have found when it comes to 5th / Reverse is.. You will NOT need to worry about putting it in Reverse instead of 5th when shifting from 2nd,3rd, 4th, or 6th into 5th. (never have gone from 1st to 5th yet!).. It goes into 5th, smooth as butter! Of course, you will feel the "notches" as your shift, but that is normal. I also find, it's way easy to shift into 5th when trying to put it into reverse.. but only for a day or two and then you will get used to it. You will be able to tell by feel, whether your in reverse or not in short order.. and if your only partially in reverse- the "noise" will let you know!
Congrats on your new car. Just shift away.. unless you have something wrong with your transmission, etc.. you really can't go from any gear into reverse once your moving at any speed above about oh.. 3-5 mph.. and I don't know that you would want to be in 5th at that speed anyway.
Congrats on your new car. Just shift away.. unless you have something wrong with your transmission, etc.. you really can't go from any gear into reverse once your moving at any speed above about oh.. 3-5 mph.. and I don't know that you would want to be in 5th at that speed anyway.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 291
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From: Hauser ID
Good point, this is assuming the solenoid is working. Here are clips from another thread for a test:
The reverse lockout can be overridden. It has to be that way in case the solenoid fails in the lockout position. Otherwise you would not be able to get the car into reverse if you need to back it up.
The way to check is to drive forward at about 7 mph. Push in the clutch and see if the lockout allows you to shift into reverse as your speed slows it should suddenly allow (at about 2 mph) the shifter to enter the reverse position. Don't shove hard. Just use a normal shifting force.
Bill
Like Bill stated, once your moving, use the palm of your hand to "PUSH" the shift lever into the 5th/6th gate area and hold some slight pressure on it. Once the car slows down to the speed where the reverse lock out gate drops out, the shift lever will drop into the reverse gate. It will not go into reverse unless you press the lever into the reverse "upward" direction. That test works well for me!
I think the reverse lock out gate over ride pressure is 25 lbs.of force
BC
The reverse lockout can be overridden. It has to be that way in case the solenoid fails in the lockout position. Otherwise you would not be able to get the car into reverse if you need to back it up.
The way to check is to drive forward at about 7 mph. Push in the clutch and see if the lockout allows you to shift into reverse as your speed slows it should suddenly allow (at about 2 mph) the shifter to enter the reverse position. Don't shove hard. Just use a normal shifting force.
Bill
Like Bill stated, once your moving, use the palm of your hand to "PUSH" the shift lever into the 5th/6th gate area and hold some slight pressure on it. Once the car slows down to the speed where the reverse lock out gate drops out, the shift lever will drop into the reverse gate. It will not go into reverse unless you press the lever into the reverse "upward" direction. That test works well for me!
I think the reverse lock out gate over ride pressure is 25 lbs.of force
BC
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 210
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From: Elkins Park PA
If there's any problem at all, it's trying to find R when backing into my driveway. I sometimes have to try 2 or 3 times to get it to go into R instead of 5th. You have to shove the stick pretty hard to get it to go into R even when you're at a dead stop.
Under normal driving, I have no fear at all of an accidenal 4->R shift (and even less now that I know about the lockout).
There's been plenty of other older cars with R located at the top right over the years. I'm not aware of it ever being a problem.
Under normal driving, I have no fear at all of an accidenal 4->R shift (and even less now that I know about the lockout).
There's been plenty of other older cars with R located at the top right over the years. I'm not aware of it ever being a problem.
That's what I thought too...
