Have 96 Legacy L Wagon AWD 2.2, 5 speed. The transmission is stuck in a forward gear, I'm guessing third or fourth,and the shifter is free in neutral and won't go into any gear.Need some troubleshooting ideas. Thanks

When did this happen ? Out of the blue or after a sudden jolt ?

If it was after a sudden jolt and it was in nuetral at the time it could have popped into a gear from enertia

If that's the fact you will have to pull the trany and at least the extention housing to rectify the problem by aligning the gates back up where the shifter lever goes

 

Hope this helps

SEA#3

First thing is to get under the car and make sure the shifter is still connected to the linkage. If it is then the only other option is for it to be something internal to the trans, and that means pulling it.

 

Keith