wrote:
>
> Trying to understand more about manual's, and came across this
> excellent article:
>
> http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission5.htm
>
> However, here's the part I don't get: What is preventing the driver
> from shifting into reverse while going 60 miles an hour?
>

Absolutely nothing, I have done it. I hit reverse in a car once and
only locked the rear wheels into a chirp when I realized it. Nothing
blew up.... I was lucky....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's