Gearbox

[ben hudson]

Hi,

My N reg 1.9tdi has a problem, up to this prolem there was no change in the drive or smoothness of gear change, everything felt and sounded good.

When up put it in first, the gear stick can then be moved around to the the 5th gear, revesre gear and 2nd gear position, without going through neutral.

I have found that the selector cable that is closest the the passenger footwell in the engine bay, has come off a ball end rod on the gearbox. The ball end, this cable sits on, can not be moved by hand, the cable will not stay on the ball end.

I would like any advise on the chaging of this selector cable, or comments from people who had simialar trouble.

I think the Galaxy is great, mine returns 45 mpg rain or shine and has now covered about 220,000 miles with only small problems, ie spare wheel carrier, electric window motor change, window wiper mechanism change. I will always have a Galaxy.

thanks Ben

[Guest vr6galaxy]

The shifter cables are a pair, you cant change just one :lol: from what I can gather the whole center console unit (hand brake trim, rear floor heater vent tube) has to come out as does the lower section of the dash above the gearbox hump

when you say you cant move the ball on the selector mech to meet up with the cable end why is this? cant you get someone to wiggle the gear stick till the cable end meets the ball?

[ben hudson]

Hi vr6galaxy,

Thanks for the info. The cable will fit onto the ball end rod it just will not stay on, I can't move the ball end rod by hand, and with the cable will not stay fitted to the ball end rod, so I'm wondering if the ball end rod is jammed inside the gearbox and this is what has caused the cable to come off!

Have ordered a pair of cables from Ford