I have a 2nd gen 3sgte swap with my factory s54 trans. I am running the stage 4 competition clutch.

So today I took my car out and went to my little cousins bday. I let a buddy of mine test drive my car. Good thing guy came back with the car in one piece. So anyway I had to put the car in reverse to keep from blocking the driveway and it backed up just fine. We drove about 30 minutes to the lake for a bbq. The car sat for about 5 hours and when I had to back up, I couldn't put it in reverse. No matter how much I giggled and how hard I tried to get it in, it won't. I checked my shifter cables already and they are fine. I mean all my gears go in fine, except for the reverse. Should I just buy another s54 or do you guys think its clutch related. I don't have money because people were right about the maintenance on the 3s. I have been spening money here and there tidying things up and now this happens.

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If the other gears are working then it's not clutch related. If you watch the shifter linkage while someone tries to put it into reverse, does the linkage move correctly? Are you saying that you physically cannot move the shifter to the reverse position, or that you move it there, let the clutch out, and nothing happens?

-Doc

Nothing. I had someone try to put it into reverse and the linkage didn't move. I can reach down and shift manually from the linkage, but when I try to put it into the reverse direction it won't budge neither. So now I have a busted trans. This sucks.

No matter how hard I try to put the shifter into reverse it won't go. Feels like there is a block in the way.

Unbolt the shifter linkage and pull it out, look around in there and see if there's something loose that's giving you a problem.

-Doc

Oh, forgot to add that Before this ordeal I for some reason mishifted into 3rd. Would this cause any thing? Well I took off the plates that hold the shifter cables to the tranny and obviously when putting it into reverse it will go in. But once I put the plates back on no more reverse.

Where do I unbolt the shifter linkage? From inside the car?

There are four 14mm bolts (I think) holding the linkage itself into the transmission. There is also a large bolt on the top (19mm possibly) that holds it in place, you will need to remove this. It physically slides out of the transmission. You will probably need to unbolt the linkage levers from the transmission.

-Doc

Okay will do boss. I actually have to rip into the trans tomorrow, because get this, the inner piece of my axle actually broke in the transmission.