i backed out of driveway the other day and when i went to tran. in first gear shifter is really sloppy and car is stuck in reverse this is on a manual tranny any help or suggestions would be appreciated

 

From your description, it sounds like a shift linkage failure.

I would look under the car to see if anything has come undone on your linkage......

 

do you know if these are cable driven have been under cant see much but a side detent cable wich seems to be working fine thanx for the response

 

also could be the clutch or the throw out bearing, but my bet is it's definitely is in the linkage train. Check one of the rods, that happened to me on a '73 Z28, nothing but first gear, had to drive it 30 miles, in MN, in dead of winter to get it to a place where I could crawl under it and jam it back into place until I could get it into the shop. Could be a cotter pin fell out.

 

[IMG]file:///C:/Users/FWC/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/Users/FWC/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg[/IMG]The shifting is controlled by a cable ..... Maybe it detached from shifter?? If not I would take it to a Chrysler dealer (if under warranty) or a independent Mercedes repair shop.


Good luck!

SHIFT MECHANISM

DESCRIPTION






The floor shift (2) is connected to the transmission by a coupling module (13) and supported on the body tunnel so that it can move via a swivel lever (3). This prevents transmission of vibrations and noise to the floor shift and to the tunnel by means of rubber mounts on the coupling rod, shift rod and the two swivel levers. The selector movement is transmitted from the shift lever to the inner shift module (12) in the transmission by the selector cable (4) and the shift movement is transmitted by the shift rod (1). Both transmission components are maintenance-free.

This type of shift mechanism has the following advantages:

• Precise and easy to operate shift.
• No transmission of component movements to the shift lever and tunnel. The swivel lever (3) and rubber mounts allow the engine/transmission joint to move in all directions.