Where Have All My Gears Gone ?

[steelblue ghia]

out for a drive this afternoon and just slowing down upon entering a 30 mph zone and there is a bang from under the car and the gearstick keels over !!,oh great,I popped the bonnet and checked that the gear cable had not worked loose but all was well and it felt as though the gear selector was not attached to anything in the box.I managed (awkward) to manually select a gear by lifting the selector up and twisting it and got back in the car and started up.I had found third gear and managed to limp home (15 miles,interesting!).I did a search on this wonderful forum and decided that it was probably the selector bolt that has sheared inside the box---great!!,so I started to have a look at the car and noticed that the underside of the car and engine under tray is covered in oil !,I removed the under tray and the bad news is that it is a sheared selector bolt----,the even badder news!! ---I can retrieve the sheared sodding bolt through nice little hole its punched through the gearbox casing.!!I just wish I stayed at home.I am thinking about repairing the box as the bolt is out and I believe I may be able to get the hole welded up but I would appreciate any help about how to remove the gear selector off the box without removing the gearbox if its possible ?or if anyone has had to have a gearbox replaced on a mk1 tdi gal what sort of money is involved,thanks in advance.

[Guest neil_wiles]

Removing the battery and tray and using a small 10mm spanner you can just about undoe all the bolts on the top of the selector housing and it then just lifts out, very tight but it will go you have to release the engine/gearbox mounting on the nearside but it does come out I have to do mine.

 

 

 

However if the bolt has sheared and been punched through the casing it probably means the end of the gearbox because something other than the slector has hit the bolt to forc it out of the casing and that will have suffered extreme damage also.

 

 

 

Probably best replacing the unit or getting it reconned after welding.

 

 

 

 

 

:unsure: :angry: :lol: :( :(

[steelblue ghia]

Thanks for your reply Neil, I have been phoning around for prices of gearboxes and the cheapest is