My 1997 C10 will not come out of first gear. I was out for a ride, probably in 3rd gear, and tried to up shift and it wouldn't take. It just felt dead. I should note that on a couple rides before this, it had issues with up shifts, but I thought my boot was just hitting on something and it always shifted on a second attempt. So, I pulled over to look at the linkage, played with it a bit and in the process downshifted to second, but it would not up shift. At that point I rode home in second gear. Once home, I played with the shift lever again and it downshifted to first. It wouldn't up shift, or go into neutral. I then did some research on this site, felt fairly confident it was a linkage issue, probably a spring and took it to a shop. After a month in the shop, they've decided it's probably something to do with the shifting forks, and not a linkage spring. They are estimating 12 - 15 hours to open the gearbox and since that would cost $1500 - $2000, I should probably just take it home and shoot it. At least there aren't charging me for doing nothing. So, now what? Should I get a second opinion or accept that my motor is a boat anchor? Thanks.