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C4 Stuck in 1st Gear
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Posted by: 65dropstang

I was out riding Saturday and pulled into a parking lot in 1st gear. When I went to shift to 2nd, I was stuck. The stick wiggles around but I am stuck in 1st gear. A little background... recently I noticed I would have diffculty getting into a gear would reclutch and then would get into a gear. I either had problems with 1st and 2nd or 3rd and 4th at any particular time, related?

What do I need to do to fix my current problem and make it possible to shift again?

Posted by: SOHCman

Sorry, thought the C4 was an automatic.

Had a similar problem with a C6 auto, transmission kick-down lever bracket broke forcing down the rod. (5000+RPM at WOT in first gear with a 390 Marauder was not fun!)

Sounds like a bad clutch to me, but I'm no expert on standards.

Good luck, hopefully someone can give you more info soon!
SOHC

Posted by: Aussie XAXB

C-4 is an automatic, 3 speed.

It sounds like you have a bent or broken rod in your tranny, or perhaps in your shifter.

Crawl under and see if anything looks bent. If not under your car then it could be a bent rod in your trans that moves the synchros.

Steve

Posted by: Qcodegt

if the car is a standard try getting under the car pull all the rods back to the nuetral pos i use to have this prbl happens a lot when the shifter bushings get worn it tries to go into 2 gears at once and binds the linkage up