Andrew,
You'll be happy to know that this is a cheap fix and you may be able to do
it yourself for about $20 and an hour of your time.
There's a rubber seating ring at the base of the shift lever that when it
wears causes the trans to pop out of gear. It may start out popping out of
just one gear but as the seat wears further it will start popping out of
more than one gear - but always gears where the lever has to point in the
same direction - for example, 1, 3 or 5 (shift lever towards the dash) but
not 2 and 4 (shift lever towards the seat.)
Go down to your Toyota dealer and get part no 33505-35020, it'll cost you
about ten bucks. While you're in there you might want to splurge, spend
another five bucks and get 33548-31010, a white nylon cap that goes on the
end of the shift lever.
It's been a while, but I believe you just pull up the rubber boot, pull up a
dust cap and twist a locking ring and lift the whole shift lever out. If
the dust cap is torn or a poor fit, replace that too (I don't know the part
number on that one). Clean everything up, put a little dab of white grease
on the new ring and reassemble and you'll be ready to go. If you don't feel
up to doing it yourself, take it to a dealer or buy the parts and have an
independent garage that you trust install them for you.
--
Mike Harris
Austin, Texas
"andrew" <andrew.urdzela@lackland.af.mil> wrote in message
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>I have a 99 tacoma 4x4 w/ 6inches of lift on 33s. Ever so often i'll be
> starting from a stop and I'll release the clutch and my stick will jump
> from 1st into neutral. Is that a clutch or tranny problem or both? And
> is there a simple test to check my clutch? I have 96K miles.
>
> Thanks
> -Andrew
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