BroncoII Ford ranger, same thing TRANSMITION HELP 5 SPEED HELP!!!

[alex16]

Right now im driving a toyota celica, everything seems to have broken on this car and i was looking into buying my friends 1985 ford broncoII 4x4 . the only ****problem**** is the transmition. Ive driven a standard for a good period of time and know the basics. It is difficult to find the gears at least for me (maybe cause it was my first time to use a bronco 5speed) but i found them eventualy. the reverse gear although would not engage. when i shifted into reverse (after searching for it) it would grind and not go into gear. my friend says its always had a weak reverse and the previous owner had installed a new clutch, the clutch felt tight and seemed to be working proporly. He is selling the bronco for 400 bucks. Oh btw, its a 2.8 V6 /carb . if i can repair this transmition inexpensivly or anyone has any ideas about what the problem might be , it would be greatly welcomed. so far my ideas are shift linkage / scrinros. still unsure because im new to the automotive world and do not have alot of "Ford knowledge". thanks for reading this.

[Hypsi87]

hmmm is it the mitisubiti or the mazda tranny. The mitsu has a curved shift stick and the mazda's is a sraight stick. It is probabally the sycros, But I don't think reverse is sycronized anyway. have fun with that 2.8 carb. POS. . I hate thoes things. but 400 bucks run it untill it's dead

[bustedratchet]

Is the shifter a toploader ? does it seem to have a lot of slop ? I dont know if this might help but I ran into a few f-150's that the stub shaft coming out of the top had some wiped out nylon bushings.