I have a 2001 ford escort. It is a manual transmission and at this time the shifter will only physically move into 3rd and 4th gear. Any ideas on why?... i was told that my shifter may have come out of the shifting forks.... I don't know much about cars so pardon my idiocy and lack of proper terminology. I tried to remove the covering to see what was going on but i couldn't get the metal covering removed...... any help would be greatly appreciated...