Good Morning Fellow Toyota-files:
I've a 99 Tacoma TRD 4WD. She has the 2.7 litre 4-cylinder married up to the
5-speed gearbox and has about 93,000 trouble-free miles.
Recently, she's developed a problem with her shifting-specifically into 3rd,
5th, Reverse, but mostly 4th gear. Basically, all the gears to the right of
1st and 2nd.
Shifting into 1st and 2nd feel fine. The gear shifter seems to move fully into gear.
However when shifting into 3rd, and really 4th, the gear shifter doesn't feel as though it's going fully into gear. Then, when you pull her down into 4th and release the clutch, she jumps back into neutral.
I've discovered that if you deliberately pull her into 4th, hold her there, release the clutch and put her under load, she stays in gear.
I called and spoke to a friend of mine that owns a transmission repair shop.
He told me that there is a plastic clip or part under the console where the gear shifter married up with the transmission. That by removing the console, this clip or plastic part is easily replaced.
So, here are my questions:
- Is this a good diagnosis?
- Is this problem easy to fix? (e.g. can I order the part and repair it myself)
- If this is not the problem, any suggestions?
Please replay to my post by posting to the group as well as sending me an e-mail. I'm deployed with the Army at Ft. Stewart and AOL is a long distance call. So, I'm getting onto AOL long enough to post this question and will check my army e-mail periodically.
Thanks and God Love y'all?
Walter Christian Mattil Major Engineers
Birmingham, Alabama
99 Tacoma TRD Xcab 4WD
02 Tacoma Prerunner Quadcab (spouse's)