Q: Won't change into 2nd gear

asked by on October 13, 2016

I changed my transmission out and put another on in, i was able to ride for 3 months and now it's not going into 2nd gear is that something I need to check for, or what do I need to do?

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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