Lloyd - I had the ZF in my early 71 Pantera rebuilt about 4 years ago while I was restoring the car. I drove the car about 1000 miles and the transmission seemed to be working fine. The car was taken off the road for about 17 months while it was being repainted and the finishing restoration touches done. Yesterday I got in the car to move it and no matter where I placed the gear shift the transmission was in a forward gear (I don't know which gear). I checked the linkage and it all seems to be okay. The only thing I can think of is that something came loose or broke inside the case. The only thing that happened between now and when I got it back from the body shop 6 months ago is that it could have been shifted while it was setting still in my garage. Do you have any experience with this or ideas on what could have happened? Thanks for any help.
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