trans stuck in 1st gear.

[gunparts]

1987 with a 5 speed manual it is stuck in 1st gear, will any transmission fit or only a 1987? and I plan to pull the truck backwards and see if it will release what do you think? Thanks

[87MJTIM]

87 5sp but what engine? 4.0 or 2.5.

 

If 4.0 and a stock trans, you have BA10/5.  Most people will say it is not worth fixing.  Look for an AX15 from a later model XJ, preferable one with an external slave.

 

If 2.5, then it would have come with an AX5.  Beyond that, I don't know.

[gunparts]

 Thanks, and it is a 4.0,

[64 Cheyenne]

Is the slave releasing, MC full?

[gunparts]

I do not know how to tell if the slave is releasing or not, the clutch works fine ( Truck Moves) and I can move between the transfer gears.

[gunparts]

So I watched this on slave cylinders  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bW6p1eBy6w and I will check it out. and let you know what happens, thanks

[chris71]

this prolly won't help much but i have an 87 with the 4.0 and ba10/5 , 2 years ago mine got stuck between first and second and i was not able to even move the truck. i ended up pulling the trans and spliting the case to find the problem ,what i found was the first second shift fork had worn the tabs off one side and ended up twisted checked the forks all had badly worn tabs . i had called around and actully found new shift forks at blumenthals (of all places ). bought them and replaced the forks along with all the bearing . after reinstalling it shifts good to this day ( oh mine is 2wd ) , and this coming march i'm swapping to ax15 and 4wd conversion . anyways that was just my experience with a stuck gear in a ba10/5 , i hope yours does not have this same problem .

[gunparts]

I looked at the brake fluids and it look full, I tried pulling the truck backwards and it is still stuck, looks like I will change it to a ax-15.