Guest topcarp2 Posted March 27, 2006 Report Posted March 27, 2006 1st thing this morning the old gal would no way go into 1st gear..all the others were fine but 1st was a definite no no..anyway i pulled away in 2nd gear and all was fine until my 1st junction...it went into 1st but with some grunting and shoving going on..when i pulled away there was a loud bang and the bloody thing shot out of gear..since this happened its not easy to get her into 1st at all...is this the start of something thats serious ...any ideas plz...??? Quote
Guest topcarp2 Posted March 29, 2006 Report Posted March 29, 2006 take it no-ones got any ideas then??...a gallon of gas and a match are beginning to look very tempting Quote
chromedome Posted March 29, 2006 Report Posted March 29, 2006 By what I've read on the forum it could be gear selector cables, one may have come off. Not sure where to check, do a search for the topic (increase your search to over 30 days). Quote
Bigjeeze Posted March 29, 2006 Report Posted March 29, 2006 Is it only 1st Gear or is second difficult too? My Gear cables went and all we had was 3rd & 4th everything else wasn't there!. If it is the gear cables it's usually where the connector "pops" off the slector on the gearbox. You can try getting your hands down to see if you can feel it. You may be able to see it if you get a mirror and look - It's kind of under the battery box area on the top of the Gearbox. If this has happened you will need to replace the cables as repairs don't last. They cost around Quote
Guest topcarp2 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Posted March 30, 2006 its only 1st gear...once ive drove a few miles the problem aint there any more... Quote
morticiaskeeper Posted March 30, 2006 Report Posted March 30, 2006 I had a problem like that which first started when I tried to show a boy racer that my LPG VW could beat him off the lights, I thought I had missed the shift to 2nd, but just found a box of neutrals. Coasted to a halt, left it a couple of minutes then drove off. The problem got worse, but if you let the box take it's time shifting to 2nd, there was no problem, it was only when you tried going a bit too quick, then you had no gears for a couple of minutes. The gear cable outers, I presume the fraud box is similar, sit in locator slots on a bracket on top of the box, the inners go to the selector ball joints. The bracket, or the cable outer (50k miles) had worn, when a shift was rushed, the outer popped out of the bracket. Leave it a few mins and it would fall back into place. Finding myself stranded at my brothers', 60 miles away, I was forced into a quick solution - a cable tie looped under the bracket, between the fins on the gearbox casing, around the cable, crossing the bracket at an angle and pulled tight. If the cable REALLY wanted to pop out, it would break the cable tie, but I haven't missed a shift since. The cuts on my arms, along with the kids trauma of listening to Dad & Uncle swearing for 40 minutes, have all cleared up :ph34r: Quote
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