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I've got a mid to late 90s Plymouth neon I got off my cousin. Its going to be a demo car we already gutted it welded doors shut ran exhaust straight out of the hood etc.. anyways after we got it all finished we fired it up and backed it out of the drive and went for a drive around town. *got plenty of wtf stares* everything was going great but all of a sudden it lost reverse and now all of the gears are drive including park. It does not roll forward in park however because of the park pin but you can tell the tranny is still in gear. If I move the gear selector to 1 it goes into neutral. I've already ruled out linkage
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Melted the clutches together? I had a SAME problem with a neon a bought. It would only go forward, even in reverse, neutral, and tried to move in park. I never took it apart but was told something is stuck/melted together in there. the 3 speeds are a dime a dozen, finding a good one is the adventure.
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I have a friend that works down the hill and runs a tranny shop. He is also big into dodges and has rebuilt these trannys in the past. Let me run this information by him for a more professional opinion because unfortunately auto trannys are not my strong point. I want to say yes sticky valve body could be in question. Let me see what he would recommend and I can get back to you on Monday.
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Actually just talked to him. He said he of course cant say for sure without seeing it but it sounds like the linkage may be screwed up, otherwise the clutch pack is melted together. He said doing fluid and a filter more then likely wont help (I just asked to be sure). He said if you cant find the problem in the linkage then pull the trans. He also mentioned the good thing about pulling it is there are a few little cheap upgrades you can do to pep up the auto trans also while in the rebuild stages. Hope this helps.
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When my car was doing it I drove it like this for a year, and when I bought it the kid was driving it a year prior like that also. I just made the mistake of pulling into a driveway the first day I had it. Anyways it should hold, just need to push it for reverse. I can buy those trannys used all day around here for $100, so I am sure you can find one cheap if it comes down to it.