Poping out of 5th

[Thanatos]

I own a stock 70 1.7 which I just purchased from my uncle and has been sitting around for 5 years with maybe a total of 30 minuets of driving during that time. It has a little over 55000 miles on it. I don’t use it as a daily driver. I have maybe put 500 miles on it before it had any problems at all.
My problem is that it now pops out of 5th. If I hold the shifter all the way back in 5th and not let go until I release the clutch, it will stay in gear until I let off the gas.
I have been told that it could be the cincros (sp?) needing replacement, a bent…something…that attaches to the shifter, or that it could just need adjustment.

Any helpful info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[karlp]

I would check out your shifter linkage adjustment. Pretty straight forward to do.

I had a Ghia that was like that. Something was wrong in the tranny, though. My solution was to hook a bungi cord to it.

Karl

[Va914]

I agree !

Check the linkage and tranny mounts. When you let off the gas things (Engine and tranny) are tweak'n just enough to pop out of 5th.

Cheers

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Definitely the first thing to try--always check the easy and cheap things first!! But it is also possible that the transmission needs a rebuild.

--DD