danman_83

Hey, I got a 1980 280ZX about 5 years ago, and when I first got it, the transmission broke, so i took it to Aamco(mistake number 1) and they fixed it, and about 4 years later it broke again... Whats happening is that when I drive it a little bit hard or if I drive it normal for about 3 weeks, I will turn the car off, leaving it in first gear. Then when I start the car, I put it in Reverse, but the transmission gets stuck on the first gear rail. So Reverse locks up the tranny, won't let me go anywhere, and stalls the car. From there on out, neutral is first gear. The only way to fix the problem it seems is to pull out the transmission, and as soon as the mechanics get it on the bench and pull the tail housing off, the rails de-latch themselves. It has also happened before on the fourth gear rail. I've replaced all the parts in the tranny and gotten two seperate new(used) tranny's and it has happened to all of them within a few weeks. The car has been in and out of the shop for 8 months now because it keeps happening and it's absolutely baffled all the transmission guys i've taken it to. Anyone heard of this problem or know how to fix it or anything? Any advice would be useful at this point. P.S. Everything else on the car works great. 1980 Nissan\Datsun 280 ZX 5 Speed manual

Hey, I got a 1980 280ZX about 5 years ago, and when I first got it, the transmission broke, so i took it to Aamco(mistake number 1) and they fixed it, and about 4 years later it broke again... Whats happening is that when I drive it a little bit hard or if I drive it normal for about 3 weeks, I will turn the car off, leaving it in first gear. Then when I start the car, I put it in Reverse, but the transmission gets stuck on the first gear rail. So Reverse locks up the tranny, won't let me go anywhere, and stalls the car. From there on out, neutral is first gear. The only way to fix the problem it seems is to pull out the transmission, and as soon as the mechanics get it on the bench and pull the tail housing off, the rails de-latch themselves. It has also happened before on the fourth gear rail. I've replaced all the parts in the tranny and gotten two seperate new(used) tranny's and it has happened to all of them within a few weeks. The car has been in and out of the shop for 8 months now because it keeps happening and it's absolutely baffled all the transmission guys i've taken it to. Anyone heard of this problem or know how to fix it or anything? Any advice would be useful at this point. P.S. Everything else on the car works great. 1980 Nissan\Datsun 280 ZX 5-speed manual