Gear Problems :-(

[~adema~]

Hi All

 

Driving back from the shops this morning, i slowed down at a junction, shifted from fourth into second before cornering to the left. as i accelerated out of the corner, the old gal was all sluggish and felt as if she were about to stall.I dropped the clutch again and re-selected second as i assumed i had kept it in fourth by mistake, but no, same thing. Gradually she picked up speed but there was a red light at the next roundabout :ph34r:

As the lights turned green, i shifted to first and.....stall!! ;) I basically had to rev the tits off her to get moving and fortunately managed to limp the 300 or so yards home. After messing with the gear stick a bit later on, i found that if i select first, second or fifth, the selector pops back into third or fourth position. It just won't stay to one side :ph34r:

Anyone else experienced this and if so, is it likely to be a whole new gear box or something a little less major?.

 

Any help would be very much appreciated.

:lol:

 

thanks in advance

 

~adema~

[steelblue ghia]

have you checked that the gear linkage cables are still in place on the gear selector?they can "pop" out of their sockets (you will find 2 cables attached ,look under the bonnet under the battery),how did the gears "feel" before this happened,did you have problems selecting gears or did the gear lever feel as if there was a lot of play ?