Easter holiday presents itself as an opportunity for some intense wrenching.
Finishing the HVAC, electricity and putting the instrument cluster back are scheduled this week but today my attention is directed elsewhere.
In the past few weeks intensive research might have shown the reason for loosing reverse gear. Most Internet topics mention the nylon bushing of the rear coupler as the main suspect for loosing gears so I wind up on my back in order to inspect the coupler. Even the blind can see the problem. I’m greeted by a broken dust boot and touching the bushing with just a fingertip is enough to have it come apart.
None of the “specialist companies” that I’d contacted about the loss of reverse mentioned this problem , convinced that I needed a transmission rebuild. Cheapest offer for opening an closing the gear box was about 1600$ while an 8$ bushing will solve my problem most likely. Needless to say that my blacklist is vertically expanded. I get some horizontal help on draining the coolant. I want to check it for signs of oil because the car smokes quite heavily when I rev it up. No oil is found so the smoke question remains unanswered.
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