Can you use park, neutral, or reverse? If so then your tranny is in limp mode. The only gears that work are 2nd and reverse. Check the cable to your tranny and see if it is plugged all the way in. If it is then you have other electrical problems and need to have your truck looked at.
I'm not sure if an 89 still has a vacuum modulator on it or not. If the vacuum line to it is off it will only shift after over revving it. Can you shift it manually? Start in low and shift at the proper RPM?
97 Chevy Z71 truck will not shift into third gear.
03 chevy trailblazer gear shfiter moves but truck does not go in gear
85W90 Gear oil.
The rear gear ratio of a 1989 Chevy Cheyenne truck is between 2.73 and 4.56. This is the number of times the drive shaft rotates in relation to the tires.
truck start shift is hard to move in gear
There is no synchronizer gear in these, so you do the synchronization. You're not going to learn about it by reading about it... perhaps a truck driving school would be in order.
they told me on mine it was a w stands for the kind of curve my gear shift has
You can fix a broken linkage in a 1999 Navigator truck by simply adjusting its Gear Shift.
If the transmission on a 1999 Chevy 4x4 will not shift into high gear, there could be a problem with the shift solenoid. There could also be a problem with a broken belt inside the transmission.
Check your transmission.
Depends on what you mean. If you shift it into gear and it won't move then you need to check your linkages, tranny, and driveline to make sure that they are preforming properly.
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