350 sdl transmission stuck in reverse... help
 

I backed out of the drive and this happened today for the second time this week. Went into reverse and then would not come out of reverse when I shifted to neutral or drive. It goes into drive and it feels like the forward fights the reverse and the car cant decide rather to go foward or backwards. When I put it back in park it seems to not come out of reverse and it seems to fight the park also like if you rev it up in park you can feel it fighting park. Is there a module or vacuum unit that could be the issue? This happend the other day for a couple mins and has been fine until today. The linkage seems to be fine and the fluid was changed about 3 months ago along with the filter and it all looked clean etc.. . And yes the fluid is at the full mark.

I was also told that there is a reverse rod that could be broken that could keep it held in reverse.
Any Ideas??

Check your linkage.

Worst case, drop the pan to disconnect the linkage. Then you should be able to move the manual valve by hand. Don't plan on driving anywhere tho...

I plan on dropping the pan in the morning and take a look. Hope I can find something simple.

you told me to drive it like i stolled it.. i didnt break it i swear

What was that story you mentioned to me about driving at 25 mph and then moving the shifter to "R" just to see what it does??

t'was in a ford destined for the crusher.. when you have the oppertunity do it...but to a ford..it wont work at 25 mph.. but will at 23 mph ...

Oh.......I thought that test was on the 350SDL...........

I would had killed him....:behead:

yea.. i kinda love the W126 and 350SDL.. and Viesel is a friend of mine... a very nice friend that is very cool...

Maybe you need to rephrase that:

I will kill him.....:behead:


:D

thats right, you better be nice to me (25mph reverse drop??) :behead: you better be glad it was a ford...

reverse band.. thats it... yea...

Well I am dropping the pan in the morning and taking a look. I will keep you posted on what I find. Wish me good luck.

the bad thing was, I had to drive it down Dale Mabry for 5 miles from the bank in reverse to get it home. Everyone was looking at me strangely.... just kidding, but I was wondering if that would be illegal to do that. :D

now im nervous about actually borrowing the SDL ..i think.. maybe ill rent a car through my parents or something...