I have a 1984 Camaro Z28 Automatic, it has been sitting for about four years. It belonged to my dad and he said i can have it if I can get it to run. It runs but does not drive. What could be the problem and how could i fix it. Please help.

 

By "does not drive" you mean it will not move forwards or backwards correct?

With engine running, foot on brake, and you move the shifter into R or D do you feel any jerk, does the idle change, hear any whinning sounds.... Is anything diffent or any changes at all from P to R or D???

Check the transmission fluid level, a couple of quarts low and the transmission will not engage into gear.

Get under car with it safely supported and blocked, and look on driver's side front of transmission... You will see a cable going to side of transmission and up into the car. This is the shift cable. Is it hooked up to a arm sticking out of transmission?

If so have someone to move the shifter and watch that arm and cable... Does it move when the shifter is moved.

Start with those and we can go deeper into it if those are not the issues

 

Yes does not move, and when I place foot on brake and change gear no whining sound, no jerk, so change at all.

 

If you dont mind Night, If you found what night is talking about down by the trans, and when you have someone shift it and down by the tran DOES NOT MOVE, your linkage up by the shifter has come apart or has broke. Take apart the center console and make sure the linkage is hooked up and working topside. Careful not to move the "L" bracket that bolts to the tran, That HAS to be IN SYNC with the gear shifter. So check the linkage under the console and report back what condition it is in.. Chances are the shifter cable is broke or something came apart. When you have someone shift the car through the gears while you are under the car looking at the tran linkage, it should shift with the gear shifter.

I can only CAUTION you enough that those need to be synced perfectly or you will wreck your tran.

-Dan

 

No Dan, I don't mind at all. Good job on filling in rest of the details about cable at shifter and the fact that the shifter/trans has to be synced