# 5 Speed maual transmission **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** transmissions, manual-transmissions\ **Created:** [February 3, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970 "2009-02-03T13:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pannelr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@pannelr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pannelr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970/1 "2009-02-03T13:55:10Z")
1994 Toyota pickup, manual transmission.It won’t go into gear. You can shift into all gear positions without pushing clutch.Can it be a clutch problem or transmission problem ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970/2 "2009-02-03T14:00:41Z")
Is there any feedback from moving the shift lever through the gears with the engine running? The drive shaft could be broken. The clutch could be totally stripped out. The shift rail could be be broken and nothing moving but the lever. Did this condition suddenly appear with no warning or apparent reason? ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970/3 "2009-02-03T14:54:14Z")
My guess is the linkage between the shift lever and transmission is broken or well out of adjustment. Start simple (linkage on the outside). ---
**Author:** ![pannelr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@pannelr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pannelr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970/4 "2009-02-03T15:47:23Z")
I didn’t try shifting while it was running but it it stopped pulling (like in neutral) when driving and shifting. No warning. ---
**Author:** ![pannelr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@pannelr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pannelr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970/5 "2009-02-03T15:48:37Z")
The first thing I looked at was the linkage from the shifter to the transmission and it was connected. ---
**Author:** ![Ranck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ranck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ranck)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970/6 "2009-02-03T18:46:08Z")
Sounds to me like you have a burned out clutch. You say you can shift into all the gears without pushing the clutch, but it doesn’t move, right? Bad clutch seems most likely. ---
**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-speed-maual-transmission/25970/7 "2009-02-04T00:01:25Z")
How many miles on the '94? What type of driving do you do . . . city or highway? Did you have any warnings (grinding)? Can you shift into any gear while the engine is running? Rocketman