Today after a previous day with my stick shift car, 5gears, I jumped into the 430 in a hurry to make an appointment.. Threw it into reverse and backed out of the drive. In the street I put it into "D" and took off. AT 15 mph I put in the clutch and grabbed the gear shift and pushed it into "second". OOps, this has an automatic and I had pushed it into reverse.!! And it wasnt the clutch, it was the brake I hit with my left foot. Suddenly slowing down I pushed harder with the gear shift lever, must not have gotten all the way into second so push harder and hit "Park". Now it really slows down and makes a "buzzing" noise. Nothing very loud or dangerous sounding.

As I recover my senses and realize that I am in the 430 I stop the car, place it into drive and pull forward.....good, it still works. Stop and then put it into reverse....good still works. Then stop put it into park....good still holds. OK, nothing seems to be amiss. So I finish my errand, no noise , shifts perfectly and as smooth as ever.

Did I break anything???

 

No you should be fine. You might check your pride though... took guts to share an embarrassing story like that.

 

After 81 years I have learned that being honest and getting the information you need is NOT embarrassing. Its smart.

 

Transmissions are pretty robust... a low speed 'whoops' shouldn't have any effect. No worries.

 

I'm trying to understand why you would push the lever up for second gear instead of pulling it down???

 

Because this is one of those trannys where reverse is to far right and down. and its a 5 speed.

 

That buzzing noise you heard when you shifted into park was the parking pawl trying to engage a spinning drum. The pawl is what physically locks the trans when placed in park so the car will not roll. Although I doubt you caused any damage, I would be cautious next time you park on an incline and make sure the pawl can still lock the drum as intended.

 

"did i broke it" lovely.

 

Yeah, I guess I didnt............Huh..?