Re my earlier post about my Carina E with the same problem..
First of all it would "pop" out of 5th gear maybe once or twice in a 100-mile motorway journey. Within 1000 miles it progressed to jumping from 5th into neutral every time I pressed the accelerator but would stay engaged at steady speed and on the overrun.
After another 1000 miles it would jump out of 5th immediately upon engagement, this was when I stretched the bungee strap around the centre console and used to hook it over the gear lever at 50-60mph to keep it in 5th - I had it down to quite a fine art fairly quickly!
The next stage was when the lever would be "forced" out of gear under hard acceleration - the bungee would not be strong enough to hold it in which made for some almighty graunching noises. Following in fairly short order was the stage where no amount of bungee-strength or holding the gear lever with my arm locked straight would keep 5th engaged.
After another couple of thousand miles of not going above 4th gear I sold the car on eBay.
In my book, the next best option in your case would be to find a matching gearbox in a scrapyard, as even a refurbished unit wouldn't really make financial sense. Not sure about the compatibility between Camry and Carina E, sorry.
Edited by Dave_TD {P} on 25/11/2009 at 17:14
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