Q: Car not going into gear after coil replacement
I removed the transmission to replace the coil. When I put it back on, the car would not go in drive, only reverse. I took the transmission back off and put it back on and now it won't even go into reverse. I had a problem before where I had to shift my automatic transmission into low, then 2, then 3, and finally into drive to get it to go. That was the reason I replaced the coil in the first place.
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