rebuilt tranny installed and only goes foward even in reverse

1995 MAZDA MX6
120,000 MILES
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ONEEYE126
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sounds fine park holds but reverse through low including nuetral car drives forward tranny was rebuilt at a school by students what could cause this had to pull it apart because the differentials fell and wouldnt line up for the half shafts
Mar 11, 2012 at 1:44 PM
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KHLOW2008
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Something has not been done correctly internally and this requires the trans to be disassembled again.

It could be one of the clutches is slipping, a wrongly installed one way clutch or a leaking pressure line.
Mar 11, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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