BIGboykev

The gears need to be in neutral for the selector to be lifted upwards and out of the gearbox (it is all 1 unit) . have you removed the battery and tray ? ( this helps accessing the selector housing and lifting it out ). i used a screwdriver and gently prised the cables off the selector arms .

COLIN 247 i didn't need to remove the gearbox but i beleive you only need to do that if the bolt has worked itself lose on the selector shaft and has dropped into the gearbox .

COLIN 247 this sounds like the same problem we are all having the selector is full of crap it needs to move forward and up and down to be able to select gears. when i did mine all i did was remove water bottle, battery, support the gearbox with axle stands take out battery tray then you can get access to the selector disconnect the cables, note which went where, undo bolts securing the selector onto the gearbox one or two where tricky to get to , remove selector and spray all around the mechanism moving the links which should start to free and move up and down , took a good 30 mins or so to free it for me and getting it moving freely then its just a case of reassembling it all, good luck

Hi i thought id post to let all know how my problem went . well i ended up taking the selector out ( that is a job in itself to do removing the battery tray etc ) when i had it on the table there was no movement in the spindle to allow it to move it upwards or downwards so i sprayed lots of wd40 and left it for 30 mins and it seemed to free it so i continued to work it for a while, i cleaned everything and reassembled it all and hey presto its back to normal thank god no huge garage bill ( although a couple of garages i have spoken too havent come across this problem ) id like to thank all those people that have posted there questions and replys on here because without you guys we would all possibly splashing out loads of cash thank you .

Glad i joined this group because my 1999 galaxy has developed the same problem , can get 1st & 2nd gear but the selector wont more so im going to check out the cables and selector. my car has been stood for about 6-7 weeks without being moved and i have read some where on here that there may be gunk & crap around the selector ????????? al that may be required is a gentle pulling upwards and a tap of a rubber mallet and heaps of wd 40 may free and sort my problem what do you guys think ( the r,a,c, diagnosed it as the gear lever housing at fault and after locating and trial fitting they where wrong thanks what a waste of £75 ) live and learn i welcome any comments thanks