Hi all..

We parked our automatic '66 2.5 V8 nose down (but not particularly steep) on the drive a couple of days ago. When we went to reverse out, reverse would not select. The reverse light came on, and the engine revs dropped slightly but there was no characteristic 'clunk' and it clearly wasn't in gear. Forward gears would engage, but it was too close to the garage to move forward at all.

Ended up towing her out backwards and then, once clear of the drive, took her around the block. She went up and down the gears no problem, and - on return - reverse was working fine again. Any ideas what the cause might be, and to prevent a recurrence? She has the Borg Warner 35 'box. Any help appreciated!

 

Oh, forgot to mention ATF fluid levels are fine..

 

I think if you check the fluid per the handbook procedure you will find you are in fact a bit low.

 

Topping up, running it in D to warm up, cycling through the box and then checking again the level was fine? Are we missing something?