tranny stuck in first, shifter in neutral 5 sp

lent 88 xj 4.0 5 speed to friend, said he got stuck in first gear and drove 3 miles home . the shifter acts like it is in neutral moves up back and side to side but tranny stuck in first when i try to shift into first shifter stopps short tried driving in first shifting into first then shifting to neutral but can get shifter to hook up wiyh first gear. pulled shifer out of trans but unable to yank out of first with long 1/4 drive extension this ever happen to anyone out there any ideas thanks scott

Power shifting the Peugot Ba10/5 will mess-up the roll-pin tin the 1-2 fork (letting the fork slip on the rail and wedge on the crusty and unused portion of the rail...

Really, Ive only seen this one-time before, but the driver(?) slammed into second which went ok, but the rail&shifter traveled a bit further then when he pushed to get through N to get 3rd he ended-up pushing it into 1st gear with the stick haning in what It thought was Neutral (since the 1-2 fork had traveled).

Oh well, you didn't really like that tranny anyway, did you?

If you're certain that that rail won't slide now (remembering that the pattern's are upside-down and backwards once you remove the shifter and look into the tranny -- so the right-most rail needs to move forward), I can't think of anything except a swap that'll get you more than that one gear -- IMHO, it's not really cost effective to rebuild the Ba10/5.