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hello this happend to mine only last week, look at the thread endtitled damn gearbox failure stuck 3rd and 4th i have added at the end of the thread how i fixed it, yes wd40 should sort it out its the main shaft that goes up and down that need the magic spray. get someone in the car to wiggle the stick as you spray, dont be tight get a big can of wd and use it all, abit at a time to give it chance to work in, they need to move the stick mainly left to right to get the oil to work in as this will move the shaft up and down. hope this helps

hello my galaxy did the 3rd 4th only thing the other day, but the wife got it home i rattled the gear stick around for 10 min and all seemed fine again however 4 days later it happend again......unhappy wife came home with aa this time.... how could i fix it, if it wasn't broke my diagnosis started with the fact that the gearstick is stiff means that the cables are still fastend on, if they come off it goes sloppy. but will give simalar gear selection problems. after research i feared it was the pinch bolt problem illustrated by other people on this forum. so i removed the gear selector mechanism off the top of the gearbox (about 2hours in the dark!!!) was pleased to find the pinch bolt still there but it was only finger tight so glad i went after it. now refitted with thread lock!!!! however the problem was fine rust and crust that had developed on the main selector shaft that goes into the gearbox, so lots of wd40 and wiggling the selectors about got it going fine. this was easier with the selector unit removed however not necessary, bit i did catch the pinch bolt before it fell out!!!!!! if you have the seased shaft problem wd40 is the way and have an assistant wiggle the gearstick in the car, Also i recomend removing the reversing light switch off the side of the selector unit as the void behind it was coverd in dry crust that had come off the shaft it also allows you to get more wd40 to the lower half of the shaft. keep flushing it till the wd40 runs out clean. i do recomend removing the selector unit tho and sorting the pinch bolt, i;m happy now that it won't fall out of mine and eat the gearbox, all about 5hours work and a bill of less than

hello there hey seatkid the link you have put on my question takes you to the page about gearbox oil change but it is for the 6 speed box, mine is a 5 speed, i had seen the post but wanted to know about the 5 speed. any how my local factors sorted it for me today 5 speed manual gearbox takes 2lt of oil and comma do an oil MT75 which is same spec as ford oil if not better according to the label, and it was about

hello new to the world of the galaxy but when shopping around i heard of warnings that the front strut top mounts can be a problem, the bit at the top of the front springs, a nasty job to do by what i read in a blokes advert on ebay who had changed them but went to a and e befor he finished.

hello how much oil does the manual gearbox take and what spec oil do i need, can i put normal 80/90 in, read somewhere might need special oil, or is that for the auto box, i have a 1999 tdi 5sp manual cheers grindermods