[Cashburn]

Phil,
I thought I replied to you somewhere about this saying I had never seen it before... well that must have been the curse. We have a new car in here for the 500 mile service and the customer complained it would get stuck in 4th (in last 100 miles). I take it out and the shifter feels loose but I can get into and out of everything... then 4th sticks on the last stretch of road.

We pull the boot and ring and look it over and nothing obvious at first, but as you move the shifter around the whole tower is wiggling... this is a first for us.

You can pull the shifter assembly off (6 bolts) if you pull the shift handle, remove the driveshaft, remove your air cleaner and loosen up the motor mounts. That gives you enough tip to get the shifter out of the car. You need to make sure you get all 4 bolts accounted for but I don't thing they have anywhere to go where they fall.

At this stage you may want to replace the whole shifter setup with another aftermarket unit or get a new replacement from Tremec (as we happened to have from a mid shift swap).