"Its got to be internal".
I hope not also. I had the same problem when a shop put my clutch in in nov. 2005
I diconnected the shift linkage from the trans. than manually moved the trans. thru the gears. It went into reverse with linkage disconnected so while I was at it I took the...
here is the info.
Cure for a loose rod shifter...
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Youll need a 10mm, 13mm, and 17mm wrench and support the front end on stands.
1) Remove the rod shifter linkage from the tranny with the 10mm.
2)...
"not to much slop because it is a rod shifter. if that is what you have where did you tighten it".
Somewhere on this forum it tells you how to drill the shift rod linkage that connects to the imput shift shaft , put a bigger pin in it (1/2 bolt i believe) and use washers to take up the...
How is your shfit linkage? any play? the reason I ask is I lost reverse after my car went to the shop to have a clutch put in. when I got it back no reverse. I read informaiton on this site and others about cause of problem. After looking at the information and trying a few things, decided to...