904 every gear is first gear

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Got my 70 dart out for a spin and every
gear was first gear. Park still works fine
but put the car in what should be reverse
and it's in first, same with neutral it's all
first gear no matter where you move the
shifter except that park is working fine.
The pointer on the column is working fine
and the linkage below is clean and tight
and as you shift through the gears everything
feels normal other than it is in first gear
Any ideas?
 
My guess is somehow the manual valve has jumped out of the rooster comb. and is stuck in low. You'll have to drop the pan and inspect it but I bet you find the manual valve isn't moving when you move the shifter.
 
fishy68 said:
My guess is somehow the manual valve has jumped out of the rooster comb. and is stuck in low. You'll have to drop the pan and inspect it but I bet you find the manual valve isn't moving when you move the shifter.
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Or it got the valvbody taken off and that's when it happend.
Either way I bet you called that one.
 
Either case he has the info he needs to find out whats up. :)
 
Never had the valve body out but just serviced
It with new filter and new external seals
because it was out of car for engine swap
went from 318 to 360. Car had about 10
miles on it with the 360 where tranny operated
Perfectly. Parked car then next day everything was first gear
 
I have a question.
Is it in gear when you start it, and nothing changes?
Or do neutral and park seem normal?
 
Went out to start it again today to see if it fixed itself
but no such luck but I did notice that when I
started it in park you could feel it try to
lunge forward even though it was in park I think it was in first
And park at the same time. Where neutral should
be is also first. She's just stuck in first
But park does seem to engage.
 
Drop the pan. You'll see the problem. Tracy nailed it.
 
You guys all got it the tab was out of the manual valve. It probably
came out of the slot because the external gearshift
control lever was too low on the shaft and didn't
let the tab rest deep enough into the groove
on the manual valve. I got the tab back into the groove then tried to get it in as deep as
possible then tightened the control lever. Does this make sense? It is working now.
 
Shadow said:
You guys all got it the tab was out of the manual valve. It probably
came out of the slot because the external gearshift
control lever was too low on the shaft and didn't
let the tab rest deep enough into the groove
on the manual valve. I got the tab back into the groove then tried to get it in as deep as
possible then tightened the control lever. Does this make sense? It is working now.
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Makes all the sense in the world.
Like I said before, one of these days the world is going to have a crapload of old mopar tranmission pros. (Pros for old mopar tranmissions) :)
Ok probably both.

Glad you got it.

Feels good don't it?
 
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