Internal Shift Linkage
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Ford Escape. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The G5M-R manual transaxle is shifted internally by three shift forks. The fifth and reverse gear shifter fork shifts in and out of the fifth and reverse gears. The first/second and the third/fourth shift forks control all other forward gear shifts.