Gears gone yet again Options

[bongo monkey]

I was adjusting my gearshift linkage, when the gears stopped engaging. I checked the whole linkage from the Rennshifter to the roll pin, and everything is working. The shift lever gives absolutely no resistance whatsoever moving from R-4-5-1. I cannot select any gears. The first time this happened, the roll pin got sheared. I checked, and the pin is still in snugly and moving the selector. So the problem is somewhere inside the tranny.

I was adjusting the linkage because I was having problems with 3rd gear not giving me any input, and only engaging half of the time. I thought it might be because the new motor mounts had shifted the pattern forward (the old ones were falling apart), so I tried to adjust the linkage. All the other gears were working fine.

What do you think the problem is and how much will it cost me?

[bongo monkey]

Have you tried shifting with the linkage disconnected, by hand at the tranny end?

I shifted by hand at the cage (although the linkage was still hooked up) and tried to run it in R/1 on jackstands. Nothing. I had someone shift for me while I observed the linkage, and nothing is hitting anything or generally siezing up. The linkage had been adjusted maybe 1 mm from where it was.

If you really think it'll make a difference, tomorrow I'll unhook the rear shift rod and try again.

Oh I almost forgot- my car is a tailshifter.