Help Please Urgent!

[ARSENAL79PLACE]

Folks,

 

So my Galaxy 2.3 Ghia on an 05 had a brand new gearbox, clutch etc by previous owner using genuine parts, (Thames Valley Police) and something bizarre has just occured. Its doen 112k but new gearbox etc at 107k

 

Put it into first gear and went to drive off. It popped out of first and then the gearstick has gone all floppy. I can move it from 1st to 5th without having to in and out of the box and as you move it into 4th you can hear a cable twanging... Clutch feels fine as normal but you can move the gearstick around with one finger all the way around. Apart from reverse which you have to go around the gate.

 

Any ideas??

 

Thanks Guys im worried

Edited August 13, 2012 by ARSENAL79PLACE

[gregers]

found in the faqs,

www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.php?/topic/5156-help-needed-gear-cable/page__p__35431#entry35431

[Saif Rehman]

Gear linkages gone.

[ARSENAL79PLACE]

Gear linkages gone.

 

Is that an expensive jobby?

[Saif Rehman]

My late brother had the same problems a couple of years back and cost him £150 at the time, parts and labour. Probably looking at about £200 now as the amount of work required removing seats and carpets is quite time consuming.

The link gregers gave you will give you an insight of what is wrong and a couple of members have attempted and suceeded in doing a diy job with cable ties.

However, if you rely on your car or the family use it then i would sugest a proper garage job. No harm in peeling back the carpets and looking to see if it can be repaired by yourself though.

[ARSENAL79PLACE]

Folks,

 

So had a look this morning at what had occured and removed the gerabox suround. Here is what i found..

 

There are two cables leading from the front of the car to the gearstick. The two cables then go into a steel rod which then just drops into two plastic springs which disappear into the gearstick housing. One of the cables had come out of the black plastic spring. All i did was pull back the spring and place the rod back inside and then release the plastic spring. It seems to be fine now and seems sturdy. At least the same as the other cable.

 

I wonder if the plastic clip hasnt been secure for some time and no after some heavy towing a caravan to the lakes and back has caused it to give way.

 

Any thoughts