Here's the problem. The last time i took my 73 chally out (about two weeks ago), everything worked fine. Well, i just went outside, started it up, let it warm up, put it in reverse, backed out onto the drive way and let it sit there for a quick wipe down before taking it out for a cruise. I have a b&m prostick slapstick shifter. My tranny is a 3-speed manual valve body.
Well after wiping it down, i put it in reverse and backed off the drive way. When i then pulled it down to 1st gear, i immediately felt this spongyness like it really wasn't in gear but i accelerrated slightly and it took off. It appeared to be in second and not in 1st although it was lined up with the number 1. I knew right then something was wrong and since i was out of gas i needed to get to the station which was close to my house and then bring the car straight back home. As i drove to the station, (through my subdivision) i kept cycling through the gears 2, and drive etc., as well as coming to complete stops at stop signs.
Well when i got to the station and pulled up to the pump, i moved the shifter all the way up past reverse to park, and it was still in gear! I had no park, and no reverse. Obviously, i had to drive straight back home without getting gas. Pulled into the garage and just like at the station have no park or reverse. It wants to roll back out of the garage like it's in neutral but won't start when i turn the key. I have no idea what gear it's currently in or if it's even in neutral. I don't want to let it roll back but just a little because my driveway is sloped
Whats happened here? Tell me this is not my transmission and that it's just some sort of linkage problem. Anyway, advice needed as well as a instructional fix if possible. Thanks in advance mopar guru's
