68 Mustang will not go in reverse

[John from Hemet]

I am the new owner of a 68 mustang and I am not a mechanic and learning about the car as I go......

When we bought the car it appeared to have no real mechanical problems of note.....but shortly after we drove it home (which was a distance) we noticed 2 things.....

- It was becoming increasingly hard to put the car in reverse....putting into other gears was no problem.....there were no odd noises if we were going straight....but once we put the car into reverse and then every time we stopped we would hear a noise coming from underneath the car....

- Just recently reverse went completely out



Transmission?

 

[6Stang7]

ok, well first i need to know what kind of tranny we have here. manual, auto? C4, 3 speed maunal, 4 speed manual, etc?

 

[65fastback2+2]

ok, well first i need to know what kind of tranny we have here. manual, auto? C4, 3 speed maunal, 4 speed manual, etc?

sounds like a manual with a reverse gear synchro gone out, or its a c4 auto that needs a new servo

 

[John from Hemet]

Its a automatic

ok, well first i need to know what kind of tranny we have here. manual, auto? C4, 3 speed maunal, 4 speed manual, etc?

Automatic

 

[6Stang7]

do reverse gears even have a synchro? since revese has the extra gear, it spins in revese, so i dont see how a synchro would help.

 

[6Stang7]

Automatic

ok, so it wont physically go into reverse on the selecter or when you get it into the reverse spot, it doesnt engauge?

 

[65fastback2+2]

do reverse gears even have a synchro? since revese has the extra gear, it spins in revese, so i dont see how a synchro would help.

haha, im used to calling em synchros from my VW site....i just meant the gear...

sounds like you need a new servo to me...its a lil circular thing that screws into the left side of the transmission....or shift linkage

 

[6Stang7]

sounds like you need a new servo to me...its a lil circular thing that screws into the left side of the transmission....or shift linkage

i seconded.

 

[John from Hemet]

ok, so it wont physically go into reverse on the selecter or when you get it into the reverse spot, it doesnt engauge?

We can put the selector in reverse....but nothing happens.....

 

[darkness falls]

I am the new owner of a 68 mustang and I am not a mechanic and learning about the car as I go......

When we bought the car it appeared to have no real mechanical problems of note.....but shortly after we drove it home (which was a distance) we noticed 2 things.....

- It was becoming increasingly hard to put the car in reverse....putting into other gears was no problem.....there were no odd noises if we were going straight....but once we put the car into reverse and then every time we stopped we would hear a noise coming from underneath the car....

- Just recently reverse went completely out





Transmission?

Tough brake buddy.