no reverse

[am_martinez93]

I just finished getting my car running and when I went to back it off the hoist I had no reverse...not that it sliped but that it went park neutral drive and I went half way between park and neutral and stop nothing...its an 87 cutlass...does the linkage need to be changed...I got the car in pieces and am pretty sure it had a th200 in it

 

[seawolf18]

Is it a floor shift or column shift? If its a column shift, the shift linkage might be binding somewhere. Floor shift, it might be the shifter cable. Does the car have all the forward gears?

 

[am_martinez93]

Column shift and yes all forward gears

 

[HAMOLOX]

I have come accross this problem a couple of times.....and fixing the problem was as simple as tightening the trans bolts to the engine block.....there shouldn't be any space between block and trans....try that

 

[am_martinez93]

It ended up being a couple things...the linkage was hitting the floor board and also the trans ended up being bad...so I pulled the trans and replaced it with another one I had laying around...and with a hammer I hit the floor up a little bit to clear the linkage...I think .it might have to do with the crossmember from g body parts and the energy suspention mount made the trans sit a little higher