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Budapest Bundy · 08-26-2015, 08:51 AM

I have a '69 G 10 3 spd 6 cyl. More oftenthan not, can't get into second from 1st. Any thoughts from the thoughtful ?

Keith Seymore · 08-26-2015, 12:19 PM

So - just to be clear - a 69 Gvan?

and I assume it's a 3 on the tree?

K

**jayoldschool** · 08-26-2015, 04:12 PM

Up and away. Coming out of first, you take pressure off the lever, it will spring towards the dash, push up into 2nd. Check for bent linkage if it doesn't want to go.

Budapest Bundy · 08-26-2015, 05:09 PM

I'm old school (62 yrs old) so I'm familiar with shift pattern . Second gear does not want to "drop down" the column once past neutral. Is there or should there be a bushing on the column linkage?

**LockDoc** · 08-26-2015, 09:29 PM

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Try spraying some PB Blaster or other good penetrating oil (not WD-40) into the opening where the shift lever goes into the column. Use an extension and try to get it down inside the tube. Then put it in neutral and pull the lever up toward you and push it back down toward the dash a few times to see if it frees it up. Also spray some down at the bottom of the column where the shift levers are.....

LockDoc

Budapest Bundy · 08-27-2015, 08:12 AM

Is it possible that its not coming out of first instead of not going into second. Do the two links have to be syncronized. so it comes out of first at the same time it goes into second?

**LockDoc** · 08-27-2015, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Budapest Bundy

Is it possible that its not coming out of first instead of not going into second. Do the two links have to be syncronized. so it comes out of first at the same time it goes into second?

Basically you shift it up out of first to neutral, then push the lever towards the dash, then up into second. If you can't put the shift lever in neutral and pull it up towards you and push it down towards the dash and have the knob move a couple of inches then it is not working correctly.

Did you try what I suggested in my last post?

LockDoc

08-26-2015, 08:51 AM	#1
Budapest Bundy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: LAKEWOOD Posts: 3	Where is 2 nd gear ? I have a '69 G 10 3 spd 6 cyl. More oftenthan not, can't get into second from 1st. Any thoughts from the thoughtful ?

08-26-2015, 12:19 PM	#2
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,228	Re: Where is 2 nd gear ? So - just to be clear - a 69 Gvan? and I assume it's a 3 on the tree? K __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

08-26-2015, 04:12 PM	#3
jayoldschool Moderator Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 2,176	Re: Where is 2 nd gear ? Up and away. Coming out of first, you take pressure off the lever, it will spring towards the dash, push up into 2nd. Check for bent linkage if it doesn't want to go.

08-26-2015, 05:09 PM	#4
Budapest Bundy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: LAKEWOOD Posts: 3	Re: Where is 2 nd gear ? I'm old school (62 yrs old) so I'm familiar with shift pattern . Second gear does not want to "drop down" the column once past neutral. Is there or should there be a bushing on the column linkage?

08-26-2015, 09:29 PM	#5
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,815	Re: Where is 2 nd gear ? - Try spraying some PB Blaster or other good penetrating oil (not WD-40) into the opening where the shift lever goes into the column. Use an extension and try to get it down inside the tube. Then put it in neutral and pull the lever up toward you and push it back down toward the dash a few times to see if it frees it up. Also spray some down at the bottom of the column where the shift levers are..... LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

08-27-2015, 08:12 AM	#6
Budapest Bundy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: LAKEWOOD Posts: 3	Re: Where is 2 nd gear ? Is it possible that its not coming out of first instead of not going into second. Do the two links have to be syncronized. so it comes out of first at the same time it goes into second?



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