Cant get into first gear?, Transmision not going into first i think? Options

[brandomc]

Hey everyone, i just got a used engine swaped into my car since the original one was blown up when i bought the car. I was going to take it for a test drive yesterday afternoon, but when i tried taking off out of my driveway and up my hill, the car would stall. After several tries i figured that what i thought was first gear was probably 3rd. I checked most of my linkage pieces as i was putting the car back together, and they seemed to be tight. Now im getting scared! What could be the problem? Did 914's come with 4 speed transmissions? Mine is supposed to be a 5 speed. It is a 72 1.7. I have never been able to figure out exactly what my transmission is. It looks different from the side and tail shift transmissions that i have seen, but i think it is a tail shift. Transmission geniuses please help!!! Here are some pics of the linkage at the back of the trany. Is anything missing or out of place?

[Cap'n Krusty]

The adjustment is at the rear of the tunnel between the seats, but it doesn't sound like you need to do that. There'a a special fixture that you should have to do it, but it "can" be done by trial and error. That hundred dollar trans sounds like a screaming deal, if it's as good as the seller says, and you could just take the first gear out of it and solve your problem.

I have a couple of cores out back that might yield the pieces you need, too.


The Cap'n

[rick 918-S]

The adjustment is at the rear of the tunnel between the seats, but it doesn't sound like you need to do that. There'a a special fixture that you should have to do it, but it "can" be done by trial and error. That hundred dollar trans sounds like a screaming deal, if it's as good as the seller says, and you could just take the first gear out of it and solve your problem.

I have a couple of cores out back that might yield the pieces you need, too.


The Cap'n

I've only done the trial and error and error and error method. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The first thing is to rule out the shifter and linkage by removing it from the equation, shift the box into the first gear position and see if you have 1st gear.