Gearbox

[kwakzx62003]

Can any one advise me please my wife drives oor Ford Galaxy Tdi gear every day and im getting fed up of her moaning now that the vehicle keeps jumping out of 4th gear,i have taken it on a long drive today using 4th most of the journey and found that it does jump out of 4th only on left hand bends,i drove for miles in 4th around right hand bends and it stayed in gear perfect,i will also say that if you hold the gear stick in 4th it does jump out on left hand bends.Any advise with this problem with be mostly appreciated,Many Thanks Kwakzx62003

[Guest vr6galaxy]

There is a mention of this on the TIS, it suggests that either the selector cables need adjusting or the gear stick needs replaceing! stick it into reverse gear rather harder than normal and forcibly hold it there! if you can feel or hear a knocking then apparently the gear stick is hitting the engine mount and needs replacing with a modified version! or you gear box is on the way out! :D

[Guest Mercwarrantyman]

If your galaxy is 98 or before there was a problem with 3rd/4th gear , modified sliding collars and dog gears were fitted in later boxes.

 

I know i have suffered from this - although it started as hard selection...cause was found to be worn synchro and dog gear teeth - you can fix this for a couple of hundred quid (diy) or a box from fraud is about