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
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

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

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
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

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

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
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

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

Re: "Finding 3rd gear" on a CJ7
 

That sounds like my Jeep.

Once you get used to it, you almost never miss a shift.

I know mine has a worn out nylon bushing at the bottom end of my
shifter. When I had it apart, no one sold that part so I just put it
back without.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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
 

That sounds like my Jeep.

Once you get used to it, you almost never miss a shift.

I know mine has a worn out nylon bushing at the bottom end of my
shifter. When I had it apart, no one sold that part so I just put it
back without.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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
 

That sounds like my Jeep.

Once you get used to it, you almost never miss a shift.

I know mine has a worn out nylon bushing at the bottom end of my
shifter. When I had it apart, no one sold that part so I just put it
back without.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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
 

That sounds like my Jeep.

Once you get used to it, you almost never miss a shift.

I know mine has a worn out nylon bushing at the bottom end of my
shifter. When I had it apart, no one sold that part so I just put it
back without.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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?