Ok, this is a very odd problem that came out of no where. The car is a 91 hatch with a B16 and a S1 transmission. The person who swapped the engine rigged the shift linkage up to work , they are to long BUT the vehicle still goes into each gear.

To the story. I was coming out of Sheetz and I was shifting at about 3,500 RPMs, went to shift it in 3rd and all it did was grind. Tried going into 4th and it acted as if it wasn't there so i just went into 5th. I drove it to where I needed to go, parked for about 20 minutes and took it back out to see what it would do. I shifted at about the same RPMs, nothing crazy and went threw 1st, 2nd, and I got it to go into 3rd. It did not sound pretty doing it but it went in..and 4th gear was still not there. Drove around the corner and the car would not go into 3rd again. On the way home it started to get hard to put in 1st gear. It would go in just not as easy as it should.

I've got Avid shift linkage that I was going to put in tomorrow but right now I may have some larger problems . I have not checked the fluid in the tranny either. Before i go jumping to conclusions I would like to know what some of you think this problem may be.

Cliff:
Car went into gear perfectly fine. Got gas. Leaving the gas station it had no 3rd or 4th gear. Parked again. Took it out and went into 3rd gear once but not again. 1st gear started to become slightly hard to get into.

Any thoughts would be appreciated! Sorry for such a long story!

 

Maybe lack of oil.

 

Get the new linkage in, and post your results.

 

Welp put the linkage in and a roll pin and also toped off the fluid. Still the same results. You can go in the gear and stay in it ONLY if you start out in its. Once you are in the RPMs it will not allow you in.

 

How old is the clutch? Fluid in the slave cylinder, does the pedal feel soft?

It might need to be bled, could also be a hydraulic failure. If the fluid is good and bleeding doesn't help, try pumping the pedal up.

 

Its a cable trans. Im pulling the tranny tommorow and probably going to order a rebuild kit for it. Also get a new clutch, pp, and flywheel while im at it.