1st Gear Woes

Hello everyone!

I have a 1990 Toyota truck, you know the one with no apparent name!
3.0l 4x2 5 Speed
Recently the shift knob will jump out of first when you let the clutch
out.
If you hold it in gear it has a tendency to grind, or jerk before the
gears
engage. I cannot find anything in my repair manual dealing with this.
Can I adjust the shifter linkage to compensate for some sort of
wearing?
Or is this problem something requiring removal to fix?

Thanks for any information that you can provide.

GsuEngineering wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a 1990 Toyota truck, you know the one with no apparent name!
> 3.0l 4x2 5 Speed
> Recently the shift knob will jump out of first when you let the clutch
> out.
> If you hold it in gear it has a tendency to grind, or jerk before the
> gears
> engage. I cannot find anything in my repair manual dealing with this.
> Can I adjust the shifter linkage to compensate for some sort of
> wearing?
> Or is this problem something requiring removal to fix?
>
> Thanks for any information that you can provide.
>[/color]

Sounds like it might be serious but here is an inexpensive place to
start: [url]http://www.off-road.com/toyota/tech/shifter/index.html[/url] It details
how to replace the shifter seat.

--
Jarhead

Yup the green plastic shifter seat --- also change trans fluid to
synthetic --- cured my '90 4Runner.

"Jarhead" <baldintexas@excite.com> wrote in message
news:v8CdnZwvToiqFifeRVn-jw@amaonline.com...[color=blue]
> GsuEngineering wrote:[color=green]
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I have a 1990 Toyota truck, you know the one with no apparent name!
>> 3.0l 4x2 5 Speed
>> Recently the shift knob will jump out of first when you let the clutch
>> out.
>> If you hold it in gear it has a tendency to grind, or jerk before the
>> gears
>> engage. I cannot find anything in my repair manual dealing with this.
>> Can I adjust the shifter linkage to compensate for some sort of
>> wearing?
>> Or is this problem something requiring removal to fix?
>>
>> Thanks for any information that you can provide.
>>[/color]
>
> Sounds like it might be serious but here is an inexpensive place to start:
> [url]http://www.off-road.com/toyota/tech/shifter/index.html[/url] It details how to
> replace the shifter seat.
>
> --
> Jarhead[/color]