I had a case where my shifter would not lift. It appeared to me the shifter had been adjusted to allow it to kind-of-work without lifting it to go into reverse. As time progressed it got to the point where I could get it into reverse but not 5th. I removed the plate and used a big wrench and lots of penetration oil to free it up the shifter. Once it was freed and lubricated it became very easy to lift. Also, keep in mind it takes very little movement in the cable (one turn is a lot) to align the shifter. Ed 10541 > > > but it only goes into reverse about 30% of the time (ALOT OF FORCE) when it > > does not go into reverse it behaves as it is in 2nd gear, because I guess it > > is! > > > I had a heck of a time shifting into reverse until I realized I needed to 1) > move the shifter left as far as it would go, 2) THEN lift, 3) move the last > bit to the left then pull back into the reverse gear position.