So, your stuck in 4th gear (or whatever gear your stuck in). You go to upshift into 5th, but you can't. You go to downshift into 2nd, but you can't. Most likely, when your car is stuck in a certain gear, this is because your shift selector is broke.
Now the forums have a how-to on how to replace it, but not actually details on removing it. It can be found here:
HOW-TO: Shift Selector
So you just might assume how EASY it would be to remove it. Well its not that hard, but its not that easy either. Id give this a
MEDIUM difficulty rating. The following is a step by step how-to remove the shift selector.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
Jack and Stands
Flathead screwdriver
10mm, 13mm, 18mm sockets and ratchet.
13mm ratcheting wrench.
REMOVAL OF AIRBOX/INTAKE, BATTERY, BATTERY TRAY
Remove your intake. (if you don't know how to do these steps, you shouldn't be doing this how-to anyway)
Remove your battery, take off the terminals using your 10mm, then use a 13mm on the bolt behind the battery to unlock it from the tray. (Dont forget to unhook the battery temp sensor you 03/04 owners
)
Remove your battery tray, use your 10mm again to remove the 2 front bolts and 2 rear nuts holding the tray in place.
JACKING UP CAR AND TRANSMISSION
Jack up your car and place jack stands under the left (drivers side) to hold it up.
Then place a jack underneath the transmission to support it.
Just jack it up enough to support the transmission, do not raise it, just jack up enough until it touches and you feel a weight against it.
REMOVAL OF MOTOR MOUNT BOLT
You have two choices here, you can take off your drivers side front wheel, or you can just turn your wheel all the way to the left. I performed the latter since when the car is jacked up, the motor mount bolt is exposed and gives me plenty of room.
Use your 18mm and take the bolt out. You may want to use a breaker bar to loosen it at first, then proceed to ratchet it out.
After a lot of ratcheting (it's got a lot of threads), the bolt will come out and the full weight of the trans will be put on the jack.
Lower the jack slowly about just 1 inch, you may be able to do a tad more than that be careful. Once you feel the jack go lighter, that means the motor mounts are taking the brunt of the engines weight so thats how you know you've reached the limit you can lower the trans. At this point, you should jack it back up slightly to relieve the pressure.
