I've been reading through various articles on stuck 915's but haven't seen this case covered. Would love any suggestions.
My '72 911T has had it's transmission rebuilt about 20,000 miles ago and has given me flawless service until just the other day… After stopping for fuel, I went to shift into 1st and got nothing but a mushy lever. Letting the clutch out the motor bogged but the car didn't move (like it was in 5th or something). I tried shifting it and got it into 3rd (I think) and drove it home. Pulling the shift coupling cover I found that the bushings in the coupler had disintegrated completely. My hope was to replace the bushings, shift it out of 3rd and then align the linkage as described elsewhere. Sadly, even with the bushing, cup and rod bushing replaced, I cannot get it to shift out of 3rd (I say 3rd as the coupler is square with the floor of the car and the selector rod appears to be pulled out from the transmission.
I've read several articles about 915's being stuck in 5th and reverse at the same time, leaving the car immobile, but nothing about being stuck in any other gear. The car made no grinding noises and drove fine albeit stuck in one gear. Any advice?
Best regards!
-Eric