1989 shifter manual transmission

[camoit]

All second gen shifters are the same. As for it locking up, how is it locking up? 2 gears at one? If so tell them to measure the de-tent balls. If there in the wrong place you can put it in 2 gears at once. 1-2,, 3-4

[cnatsu1]

Thanks, Camoit. I'll ask about the detent balls.

Not sure how it's locking up, but I know they have to open it up to fix it. Went to look for a new shifter this afternoon and lucked out as there was a new truck in the local yard. Seems like my original shifter was missing the 'shift gate'? The one I pulled had a plate between the shifter and the transmission with a rectangular cutout. I'm guessing this keeps the shifter from moving too far in any one direction. I'd think the transmission shop would have known this. Just this morning, I took some printouts to them and they told me they had all that information. That being said, the transmission manual I downloaded didn't show the part in any of the diagrams I found.