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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 03:20 PM
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So it started about a month ago, running bone stock t56 it's just gotten hard to shift into reverse, no problems with any other gears, changed the fluids and bled the clutch, I use two hands to push it into gear, once it's in it's fine, some friends think the lockout solenoid took a ****, anyone have any other ideas?
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 04:47 PM
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Yes, that is the symptom of being "locked out" of reverse. There are a couple other things on that circuit (O2 sensor for one) so if nothing else is wrong it may be the solenoid.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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That makes sense, still throwing an 02 sensor code my friend told me to get a diff type of 02 sensor for upstream I dunno I forgot the part number I'll look into it when I get home
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I'm having a similar issue, and it's weird that you bring up the o2 sensor. Tonight I tried backing the car out of the garage, and it was really tough trying to push it over from the 5th-6th gear spot over to the reverse spot. Last week my O2 extension had drooped down and got chewed up and I had to cut and resplice the wires together. I checked tonight the reverse lockout and it seemed fine.

I actually hooked up HPtuners and was able to manually activate the lockout, which worked, but when I turned it off, instead of going into reverse easily, it was tough pushing it over.

I wonder if I have isses resulting from the O2 sensor wires fraying.
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Figured it out. Engine sensor fuse was blown.
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