Hi,
just bought a 98 damaged turbo ,
bumped on front corner engine untouched,
ang gear box linkage seems unbent
but gearlever is solid & will not move.
its in neutral .any ideas?

 

Do you know the damage that occurred to the car? E.g. was the front bump caused by a failure elsewhere, e.g. no oil in the gearbox and the whole thing seized up, or broken gear, or something? Can the car be pushed in neutral? Can you start the engine? etc. etc...

Good luck...
Richard

 

if you find out let me know as i have this problem,subaru agrage told me that the selector fork in the box is weak and when crashed in front can bend these forks,its a strip down and new forks they said?

 

car can be pushed in neutral but gearstick has slight sideways movement but no back or forth to gears
ouch if its selector forks , is this gearbox strip job?
cars dont bump when in neutral so how come its not in gear , no marks on tyres to suggest box siezed.

 

btt

 

had customers car before that had this fault and the salvage company had selected neutral to enable the car to be manouvered.........turned out to be a smashed linkage!
alyn - as performance

 

sounds like a sneaky low trick
but selector under car looks fine , engine cradle doesnt seem to have been touched or moved

[Edited by scoobynson - 2/15/2003 7:32:42 PM]

 

btt

 

"sneaky low trick"........no, if you're referring to my post it was just a matter of making the car more mobile (maybe it didn't read right) - the mechanism was smashed in a head-on bump not by the salvage company!!
alyn - as performance

 

no offence stock car,
thought u meant salvage company disguisimg problem?

 

no probs, obviously didn't explain it very well..............
alyn - as performance

 

btt