10-12-2006, 07:39 AM
this is going to sound dumb, but did you have your shifter out at all? I installed a shift lever backwards once (I was in a hurry, OK?) and had the exact same symptoms. Sounds like an adjustment problem. The shifter is going to feel different from the solid bushings. But...I don't know enough about the transmission...why are you jamming the throttle in 5th gear anyway?
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442