ok, so i was leaving a friends last night and i shifted into 3rd and it wont come out of 3rd now, has anyone else ever had this problem?

 

Can you switch gears now?

 

Auto or a manual

 

manual, and its stick in 3rd, the shifter wont move

 

I'm stumped.

 

push the clutch?

 

lol, it would still come out of gear even if the clutch wasnt pushed, my 3rd gear has been kicking out here lately, but i was expecting to have to hold it in like my prevoius 3 rangers, not get it stuck in gear, i think ford transmissions hate me, ive had to replace at least one in every ranger that ive owned, but i found another 5 speed with 30000 miles on it for 125, so ill be getting it 2morrow

 

mine was doing the a similar thing. but i was stuck in 2nd and i could move my shifter to every gear and it was still in 2nd. more than likely your shifting mechanism is screwed up and needs to be replace. i know they have a spring in them that is crap and that is what broke on mine.

 

you eather have bad synos are you got a bent shifter fork take the top off the trans and take a look you will see the bent fork when you take the top off if thats the prob

 

the shifter wont move at all, and i took the top plate off last night and everything seems to be in order

 

youll have to dig deeper then

 

Take a 10 pound hammer to it, something is going to move. lol

 

i once had this happen with a car and there turned out to just be a rock stuck in some of the linkage... kinda a long shot but worth a try

 

ok, well i tore the tranny apart, and there was a small pin that had halfway fallen out of the 3/4 shifter rod or whatever its called, wit the pin out it works fine, do you think its safe to drive it like this?

 

No ! Buy new parts and replace.
Not completely sure but it sounds like a detent pin to keep the shifter/trans in gear.

You will be driving along without the pin/spring and the truck will pop out of gear.
Third is important; do it right and fix it by cleaning up the trans, replacing worn or broken parts.
You will be better off in the long run.

 

the pin is what caused it to get stuck in third, it slid out and got hung up in the housing, and it has detent *****, so i really dont know what the pin is for

 

can you put the pin back in place?

 

yes

 

then just put it back in, or replace the pin