[Kidasters]

Real bummer of a day yesterday.

Was running errands in my 84 Targa. Was leaving the bank, and car was acting funny. Shift lever in R, car would just bog down. Shift lever in N, Car drives in reverse.

Got a tow home and it turns out this happens on 915 gearboxes. I've done a lot of reasearch on the fix, ordered gaskets and transmission fluid and will tackle the problem.

The question is - why? The last two times I've driven the car, it was shifting funny. Like, I would shift into 1st, but it acts like it's in 3rd. Or can't find the right gear. But, eventually that would clear up and it would run like normal.

Some info on my car. 84 3.2. I'm the second owner. Approximately 140,000 miles, 5000 by me. I bought the car in 2008 from the original owner's widow. He had the transmisison rebuilt at some point. When I got the car - all plastic and rubber goods were a mess all through the car. So - the first thing I did was completely go through the shift linkage and replace all of it. Installed the factory short shift kit, the Seine Systems gate shifter and a Wevo coupler. Until a few weeks ago, it was shifting fine.

I'm sure I'm due for a fluids change, and this will force that issue. But what else should I do while I'm under the car that can keep this from happening again?