93 escort sticks in 5th gear

[jaidadobe]

1993 escort sticks in 5th gear , any help

[mightymoose_22]

what do you mean "it sticks"? You can't get it into 5th or out of it? This is a manual or automatic?

[danderson]

It sticks in 5th gear. so it is hard to get it out of 5th. I have the same intermittent problem. It happens on a manual trans only.

[mightymoose_22]

I figured as much. Sometimes a vague description leads in the wrong direction.
So what happens then? Do you just have to hold the clutch a little longer before shifting? Or is it that you have to push really hard to get it out?
When is the last time you changed the tranny fluid?

[danderson]

The only way to get it out of gear is to let the clutch out a little and then yank it out of gear.

[jjcottes]

same thing happened to me. I'm not sure what it is, but if you pump the clutch a few times you should be able to build up enough pressure to pull it out of 5th gear.

[danderson]

So is the problem with the master or slave cylinder?

[Jet-Lee]

or simply low on fluid? on the assumption its hydraulic. Closed circuit or open?

[danderson]

it doesn't show any signs of leakage. What do you mean by open or closed circuit?

[Jet-Lee]

if its a closed circuit, it doesn't have a fluid resevoir.