"Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up from
second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move the
shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I hit
the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.

Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
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Jeff Scherb wrote:
>
> I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up from
> second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move the
> shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I hit
> the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
>
> Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jeff Scherb wrote:
>
> I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up from
> second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move the
> shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I hit
> the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
>
> Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jeff Scherb wrote:
>
> I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up from
> second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move the
> shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I hit
> the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
>
> Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jeff Scherb wrote:
>
> I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up from
> second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move the
> shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I hit
> the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
>
> Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

I'm not sure what you're saying - do you have to go inside the transmission
to fix this?

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:40C8DE6F.5DE7B15E@cox.net...
> The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
> http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Scherb wrote:
> >
> > I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> > transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> > sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up
from
> > second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move
the
> > shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I
hit
> > the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> > seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
> >
> > Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> > removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the
transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

I'm not sure what you're saying - do you have to go inside the transmission
to fix this?

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:40C8DE6F.5DE7B15E@cox.net...
> The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
> http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Scherb wrote:
> >
> > I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> > transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> > sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up
from
> > second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move
the
> > shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I
hit
> > the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> > seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
> >
> > Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> > removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the
transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

I'm not sure what you're saying - do you have to go inside the transmission
to fix this?

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:40C8DE6F.5DE7B15E@cox.net...
> The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
> http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Scherb wrote:
> >
> > I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> > transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> > sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up
from
> > second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move
the
> > shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I
hit
> > the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> > seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
> >
> > Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> > removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the
transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

I'm not sure what you're saying - do you have to go inside the transmission
to fix this?

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:40C8DE6F.5DE7B15E@cox.net...
> The shift tower comes off from the top inside cab:
> http://www.4wd.com/shopwrangler/Prod...ctSKU=5363538K
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Jeff Scherb wrote:
> >
> > I was driving an 83 CJ-7 with a T-5 5-speed the other day and it the
> > transmission worked very well, no grinding into gears, etc., except that
> > sometimes it was hard to "find" third. When moving the shift lever up
from
> > second to third sometimes I missed getting it into gear and had to move
the
> > shift lever a little left or a little right to get it into gear. If I
hit
> > the mark, it went into gear effortlessly, but like I said, sometimes it
> > seemed hard to find third. Vehicle has a little over 100k miles.
> >
> > Question: is this a worn shifter or linkage (and easy to fix without
> > removing the transmission), or might this be internal to the
transmission?

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

Nope. It look like this after market replacement:
http://www.racenet.net/drivetrn/hurst-billet-plus.php
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Jeff Scherb wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what you're saying - do you have to go inside the transmission
> to fix this?