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From: Omaha, NE
New to LS1 
I bought my 1999 WS6 in Oct. As I was driving it home i noticed something that bothered me. When I am driving in 6th Gear, and I want to downshift, the car will not allow me to go into 5th Gear. I have to go into 4th Gear and then move it back into 5th. Is this normal? I have never heard of this happening before. The car is stock. 
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You sure you arent trying to go into reverse? its pretty close to 5th, try moving over just a little bit more towards 3rd. Do it at a slower roll so you dont rev it too high if you accidentally hit 3rd, you just gotta get used to it.
I doubt your are trying to do reverse. While the car is in forward motion the reverse lockout sensor should be engaged. 5th would be a straight shot forward of sixth. How many miles on the car? Last fluid change?
Any noises when you try to put it in gear?
Any noises when you try to put it in gear?
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not sure.... I am not sure when the last time the fluids were changed. I put it away as soon as the winter weather hit, and will take it back out and to the mechanic to replace/change all the fluids when the weather gets better. It just hit 99,000 so the fluids are due anyways. I have not heard any noises yet, but I will try to see if i can slide it easier into 5th (in case I have been trying to go into Reverse). Once the snow is off the ground, I'll check it out. Anyone else have any ideas?
