Thanks again for the reply. I will order one of those seats they look like a quality product and my shifter sure has a lot of slop but not my current issue. I dropped my oil and low and behold it was a milkshake
Must have got water in at some point. No unusual metal or anything in the oil. I hope its just froze with the- 25c temps. Any tips on getting the water/milkshake sludge out are appreciated. Gonna refill, take it for a good rip and get it in a heated shop and see if it helps. Also found this old thread on pirate talkinf about transmissions getting stuck in reverse and being able to bend a tab through the backup light hole. Wondering if reverse could be true and what exactly that tab is.
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Ok update everyone: I called and spoke to Marlin on Friday *(Was lucky to get ahold of him)* and this apparently is very common with these toy tranny's when you either invert them or are coasting and run into something.
Anyways here's the break down, the 5th gear is heavy enough to "fall" and knock the tranny into reverse, with that the shifter is still in the (N) position therefor your not able to shift out of (R). So what you have to do is remove the (R) light plug on the side of the tranny *(Passenger side)* and in there with some small needle nose pliers you will see a metal tab, grab onto it and move it "back" *(towards the rear of the tranny)* till it can't move any further. In my case I had to move it approx an inch or two, and bam your done you should be shifting, and I was able to shift my tranny at that point. I am going to do a write up on this issue and put it up on my website sometime soon so to try and help out others as Marlin helped me out. "
www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyota-truck-4runner/104627-5-speed-stuck-reverse.html#/topics/104627?page=2