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vchengap@gmail.com - 22 Nov 2005 15:42 GMT

I just bought a manual transmission 2005 ZX3, and it is pretty tricky
to shift into reverse. It won't shift into reverse when I move the
shifter all the way to the right and down. Is it supposed to be this
hard?

-Thanks

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RonrutMR2 - 22 Nov 2005 17:06 GMT

> I just bought a manual transmission 2005 ZX3, and it is pretty tricky
> to shift into reverse. It won't shift into reverse when I move the
> shifter all the way to the right and down. Is it supposed to be this
> hard?
>
> -Thanks

If it's the same as earlier models, there is a ring around the shifter
you pull up on while shifting, in order to engage the proper linkage for
reverse.

Ron

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Steven Finnerty - 22 Nov 2005 17:12 GMT

This might be a dumb question, but are you lifting the spring-loaded"collar"
fully while shifting into reverse?
Steve

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vchengap@gmail.com - 22 Nov 2005 21:04 GMT

Ok, thanks guys. I realized that I've been forcing it into reverse
without lifiting the "collar". Does this mean that the locking
mechanism for the reverse gear is now broken?

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John R Cambron - 23 Nov 2005 15:07 GMT

> Ok, thanks guys. I realized that I've been forcing it into reverse
> without lifiting the "collar". Does this mean that the locking
> mechanism for the reverse gear is now broken?

If you have no trouble shifting into reverse after lifting the
the spring loaded collar below the shifter knob, then no it is
not broken.

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Tony Wesley - 23 Nov 2005 16:33 GMT

> If you have no trouble shifting into reverse after lifting the
> the spring loaded collar below the shifter knob, then no it is
> not broken.

John,
Are you past 250K yet? I'm just piddlin' along, crossed 109 last
weekend.

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John R Cambron - 24 Nov 2005 20:06 GMT

> > If you have no trouble shifting into reverse after lifting the
> > the spring loaded collar below the shifter knob, then no it is
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> Are you past 250K yet? I'm just piddlin' along, crossed 109 last
> weekend.

Give me three weeks. Parked in my back yard now 11 24 2005 the
clock reads 246,148.

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Tony Wesley - 25 Nov 2005 00:23 GMT

> > John,
> > Are you past 250K yet? I'm just piddlin' along, crossed 109 last
> > weekend.

> Give me three weeks. Parked in my back yard now 11 24 2005 the
> clock reads 246,148.

Parked? I didn't think your car ever stopped moving. :)

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John R Cambron - 25 Nov 2005 04:40 GMT

> > > John,
> > > Are you past 250K yet? I'm just piddlin' along, crossed 109 last
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Parked? I didn't think your car ever stopped moving. :)

If it wasn't a holiday it would be moving.

Seriously thinking about purchasing a used yellow 2003 ZX3 that
sitting on a used car lot in Seaford Delaware.

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John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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