No Third Gear..

[mumof4]

This morning driving home i lost third gear.(being serious here so no wisecracks :D ).I could accelerate but i couldnt for the life of me get the gear into third,,was a bit frightening as i didnt know what to do.I got around it by accelerating in second till the engine squealed then tried getting it into fourth....stalled several times.

 

I already know that i may have a problem with the roll restrictors and the car is booked in on wednesday.

First gear was clunky, second was stiff and clunky and hard to get the gearstick into, 4th and 5th were stiff aswell...when i say stiff i mean that i really had to force the gearstick into the positions.

 

I need advice please..could all this be because of a possible problem with the roll restrictors or could it be something else?

[mumof4]

called out my dad very early this morn and hes been working on it.The third gear would engage when car is stationary and not turned on,but if you turned it on it would not engage.I dont know what hes done but it will now engage when car is on, something to do with a gate?,There was also a loose cable. Hes had to go but when i speak to him later i will get him to tell me exactly what he did and exactly what went wrong,Yes i def have a roll restrictor problem aswell, which may or may not have caused it.

I wasnt exactly with it this morn when he was fixing it as i was up most of the night!Least i dont have to drive everywhere in second gear like i did on the way home. :D

 

Oh it pays sometimes to have a mechanic as a dad! :D

[Masked Marauder]

The gearstick is connected to the gearbox by two cables. If one of them has come off or failed then you will only get the up and down movement of the stick transfered to the gearbox, no (or limited) side to side movement.

[lazyb5]

Crikey and i though automatics were bad :P