Manual trans. stuck in gear?

[ecf8]

I have an 02 Protege5 with the manual transmission.

I was driving home from work last week, and all of the sudden, I couldn't get the car into first or second gear. Luckily I was close to home, so I limped the rest of the way in third gear.

I have been thinking my problem involves the slave cylinder, since my transmission and clutch never really showed any signs of problem. But now, I every time I put the shifter in neutral, it tries to move forward in what I presume is third gear. 1, 2 and Reverse all cause the car to simply stall.

Adding to my problem, my car is in the garage, and I can't push it backwards. It will move a bit, but there's enough friction to make it too difficult (not to mention dangerous) to push.

Any ideas how to get the trans. back to neutral?

Thanks

 

[thuzil]

Does not sound like the slave cylinder since all that does is release your clutch
Sounds like your transmission is done.

 

[Mookhaasa]

jack up the car and roll it back on the jack.have a couple people steady it. Presurre plate could be done. you could see what your shift linkage looks like.

 

[ecf8]

Thanks for the input. I never had much luck getting it in neutral, but I did manage to drive it to one local shop to get an opinion. I dropped it off at around 8:30am. They called me back at 9:04 and told me the transmission was bad.

As I was driving it home, the trans managed to go into neutral, and I was then able to use 1st-3rd gear. I didn't shift any higher since I was driving through a neighborhood. But by the time I got home, I was back to not being able to bring it to neutral, and was back to using third gear again.

Thursday, I'll be hauling it to a more trusted mechanic 2 hours from here to get a second opinion (back in my hometown), and then hope for the best.

 

[pcb]

To me it sounds like what would happen if I were to only push my clutch in halfway,... the gears would be binding preventing shifting in or out of gear?

Maybe change your gear oil and bleed your clutch as a relatively cheap test to see if it helps and maybe buy you some time.