Manual Transmission problem

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Asked by Jacob Nov 10, 2015 at 02:18 PM about the 1988 Ford Ranger XLT Standard Cab LB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

So I have an 88 ranger. It's a five
speed and the shifter went into fifth
gear and got stuck. It acts like it's in
neutral but I can make the shifter
move at all.
It has plenty of clutch fluid.
I'm assuming I'm going to need to
pull the transmission to see what's
wrong.
How hard will this be?
And good recommendations on a
manual to walk me through the
transmission and if need be the
replacement and rebuild of it?

9 Answers

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U won't need to pull the trans, just pull the shifter which u can do from in side the cab, it sounds like u have a busted fork on the shifter so my recommendation for this issue is to pull the shifter get everything lined back up and replace the shifter it self

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Ok I went to check the shifter itself. Now it's no longer stuck in any gear but will shift through gears without even pressing the clutch.

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2,415

If the engine is off u should not need the clutch to run through the gears with the engine running that's a different story

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250

I have a 89 ford ranger and i have put new slave cylinder and line and mester cylinder on it and when the truck is not running it goes in gear good but when truck in running it wont go in any gear what could it be

24 people found this helpful.
190

hi I've got ford ranger with gear problem very hard to engage 1st and 2d also has a whining noise at around 70mph what could it be

19 people found this helpful.
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Similar question 1988 hino ranger stuck in reverse. Can't start truck as no pressure in the clutch. How do I get back into neutral please

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What I did was I took jack the pack tires off ground so no pressure on drive shaft or trans try putting into nutral otherwise pull shifter take screw drive ull see 2 ball type pis that push it back to nutral take the flat head and line those 2 pins up with rear tires off ground put back together also probly get shift rebuild kit 20 bucks makes shifter not sloppy hope this helps I just did master an 93 4.0 2 wheel drive manual 5 speed and slave pushing wount go into gear cant figure out the black hairy stuff coming from flywheel

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Also helpful tip feel the rod that connect to clutch petal up by fire wall if fluid on ur finger then master clutch bad buy from rock auto save 1000s literally in store 180 for clutch master and hose and rez on rock auto 31 dollars for slave rez houses everything

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