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Originally Posted by thumbdoctor View Post
Just to understand what you're describing. Once warm, the gear shifter presents difficulty engaging and disengaging. If you stop the vehicle, does it exhibit the same problem stationary or does the issue present itself only while accelerating / decelerating. Where I'm going with this is the possibility the transmission supports are deflecting to the point that the shift input shaft may be rubbing against the tunnel. I had a customer's car which had some strange shifting behavior caused by an errant jacking procedure thus damaging the transaxle's cross member and once the area was warm (heat exhausted from the flapper boxes) shifting was compromised.
Hmmm. OK, I'll look into this, too. Thanks.
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