Driving along when suddenly the stick shift is no longer engaged or working, the car is acting as if in neutral. The shift stick moved all around, without the clutch being used and the car remained on. The problem fixed its self when I tried putting it in reverse. It drives fine, at the moment.
There are three posibilities for this worn linkage on the gearbox the linkage under gear lever or a broken mounting on the bracket where the lever comes up through the floor as long as you can get all gears it will be exturnal linkage fault.
this is dew to a faulty linkage on your stick shift and one other possibility if your car has a hydrolic shift system the reservore which looks like a single master cylinder may need some dot 1 brake fluid which may be taking in air
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SOURCE: Transmission shifting proublem M5R1 1997 FORD RANGER
You might have to try to adjust the freedom of clutch pedal,
The noise during shifting can be adressed to exessive wear clutch parts or again it might be a sign that indicates the not complete enabling the calutch
To find out what is causing the noise, set the parking brake, place the vehicle in neutral and start the engine.
If you hear growling or grinding noises when the clutch is engaged, the cause is the transmission input shaft bearing.
A squealing sound that occurs when the clutch pedal is depressed and held is usually caused by a bad pilot bearing or bushing.
A chirping noise that intensifies when the pedal is slowly depressed would indicate a bad release bearing.
If you hear chirping while idling in neutral and the noise goes away when the pedal is slowly depressed, the fork/pivot ball contact point is making the noise
Hope that helps.
The clutch adjustment procedure you can find at
http://www.autozone.com/shopping/repairGuide.htm?pageId=0900c1528018f021
More about clutches
http://www.aa1car.com/library/2002/ic100237.htm
Good Luck
SOURCE: gear shift moves fine will not engage gear.
then the transmission has failed or has sticking engagement solenoid in trans pan, have the fluid and filter replaced and see if that corrects the problem
check the linkage from gearstick to gearbox .if ok .check and change transmission fluid
SOURCE: automatic ford escort 1998 will not shift out of "park"
There is a switch between the brake and the transmission. I forget what its called but unless you have your brake pedal pressed your car will not shift out of park. If you do have your brake pedal pressed there may be something wrong with the sensor.
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