1970 Chevy Chevelle 4 speed shifter

1970 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE
35,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • MANUAL
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RICHWENDELL
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When I crank car and try to put shifter in gear, it will not engage.
Aug 8, 2009 at 11:22 PM
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HMAC300
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is this a 3 speed or 4? If it's a muncie floor shifter they used to hang up and you need to go under the car and manually shift the transmission into nuetral and taht should straighten the shifter out. If it's a 3 speed look at the bottom of your steering column and see if there is a lot of slop in the shift levers. If there is then that will have to be rebuilt. The cure for the floor shifter is to get a hurst floor shift as it mounted to the transmission and not the body so when the motor torqued it wouldn't make the shifter bind.
Sep 14, 2009 at 3:30 PM
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MICKEY-D
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If you put the car in gear, and then start it, does it go into gear?? If so, you have a clutch or pressure plate problem. You're not really giving us much to go on. hope we helped.
mickey-d
Dec 2, 2009 at 11:32 PM