Ive got my car sitting right now, its an 88 crx si with a d16a6 and stock tranny. When i put the motor in (used tranny/rebuilt motor/ 6 puck clutch) I was able to definetely put the shifter into reverse easily, i remember doing it cause I like the noise

Today I go back to my car to get some ****, this is 3 weeks later and its now -15 degrees out and the cars coverred with snow

Keep in mind this car hasnt been started at all, ever since Ive gotten it. So I sit down and 1-4 are easy and probably what they should feel like when stock, but 5th and reverse are just like theres a wall there, theres nothing blocking the shifter underneath the car and it worked not to long ago

WTF could have happenned?

 

 

something is in your gear selector, i just had the same thing happen to me !! seal went bad and lost all my fluid and one of the synchro rings broke and stuck in my selector ! sucks bad !! anyways thats most likely what happened... maybe not a ring but something is in there jamming it up ! gearspeed here I come !!

 

I havent driven the car, is it possibly because of the super cold weather and no tranny fluid?

 

 

 

maybe you need a new shift fork.

 

car hanst been driven since I last put it in fifth, hasnt been touched once, and all of the sudden it doesnt go

 

tranny fluid would not cause this

 

I would check shift linkage. Get under there and tighten everything up.

 

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I second just getting under the car and taking a visual of anything that could be wrong. For all you know, a squirrel could've run up into the 5th gear side of your shifter and died.

 

It like hit a wall when I tried to go over to the 5th gear portion

no sound or anything, just stopped moving

 

I hate to tell you this but your tranny is fucked.

I had the exact same thing happen to my ys-1. What happened is either a lack of oil and you burnt up with of the Snychros and it broke and jingled around inside the case. OR the "dog tag" i think is what it's called is not engaging the fork to grab 5th and reverse. I had to trash my tranny, and go get a new one....Trust me pushing your Crx out of a parking spot like a motorcycle is no laughing matter when it's you and your gf doing it. Trust me. Look into a new tranny, or buy a replacement kit for the Fork/synchros/tags/gears of 5th and reverse.
I just reread the post. Your Tranny fluid might be frozen in the case. Drain it/fill it and then try it. and Yes believe it or not Lack of tranny fluid can F*ck up your tranny up unbelievably. So do that then try it again.

 

how would the tranny be fucked, it was fine when it was pulled from a previous car

i put a new t/o bearing in it, attached it to an a6 motor

was able to easily change gears and go into reverse and fifth last tiem i was there, return two weeks later without touching the car and it just wont go in

car is not started and has not moved....

 

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Let's not rule this out, however you really shouldn't just say you are fu-cked. Have you looked at his car?

 

 

well You might not have a blown tranny but Sometimes the transmission needs to move to put it into gears. MAybe just move the car or just try to get the transmission to move a little and see if that works. Did you get what I am saying?

 

yeha man, I;ll try it tomorrow and see if it works

im pooped

 

hey

i was having the same problem on my ZC setup...was working fine then all of a sudden no reverse or 5th...was doing it when i was driving too....

when i jerked the car really hard while driving...it felt like something let go then it was working fine
i figured the 2 culprits could be the shifter was hitting the exhaust or like the previous post the tranny just need to budge a little....

 

and were both in ontario

 

It is probably just the linkage frozen up. I also am in Ontario and it's probably a bit colder up here though! My linkage would freeze any time it would get wet earlier in the season and then left over night. I would just let it idle for a bit and the exhaust would heat things up. It would feel as though there was a wall halfway across the range of the shifter. Hope that's your problem. Good luck

 

ThANK YOU