WRX_Dazza

complete drivetrain lockup, police road block to recover it, now sat outside my house rotting in hell !!!!

the xr2 will be mot'd and put to good use now !!! was just the excuse i needed!!!!

the Scoob is dead, long live the Ford !!

Milamber

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Oh $hit man, what happened?

WRX_Dazza

saw spally pulled into a layby so pulled over to make sure he was ok. (he was just waiting for his brother) then went about 100 yrds down the road approx 30 mph from 2nd to 3rd, and the gear lever started rattling on my hand with no "drive" luckily managed to roll up a slight driveway. tried all the gears (nothing) tried reverse, the car lurched back about 6 inches and locked up. cant get the gear lever out of reverse and cant roll the car even with the clutch down.

waiting to see if its still under warranty, else its not worth transporting anywhere.

Nate

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Can't you just strap a kite to it

Looie

Sorry to hear this mate........ hope it gets on the road again soon, you will miss that power!

Have you noticed - it always seems to be the classics that break down, the new ages just keep on going.....

Tiny

****e end to what was a cracking day yesterday

WRX_Dazza

if you get someone to read the post to you, you'll see the wheels are locked up you dumb F**k

Milamber

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Budgie

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that dont sound to good m8

budgie

ABW

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Sorry to hear that Dazza let me know if I can do anything mate

WRX_Dazza

thanks for the nice replies and texts folks, makes you proud to be in the ESC.

i'm just going to forget about the car for the weekend and then make a plan of action.

i'm not too bothered about it truth be known as its never run 100% since the "remap" anyway so with that in mind, might save up for 6 months and find someone who actually know how to make these cars "go/start/work/run" properly.

as always, and feedback will be posted on here for public awareness purposes

i might write a book about it all one day
"From Japan to the Junkyard - via the bank"

pinseeker

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Really sorry to hear about this Dazza
Hope you get it sorted & its not too damaging on the wallet.

WRX_Dazza

cheers mate. i dont owe anything on the car, so its not costing me 'owt just sitting there as an ornament for the weekend!! lol

will get the xr2 mot'd in the meantime and rip around in that !!!

Nate

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So how the F**k did they get it on the flatbed ....... Looks like a winch to me, so some force will move it.

Sorry to hear that it has happened to you, but if you have a problem with me, speak to my complaints Dept, they are very accommodating.

WRX_Dazza

they got it on flatbed using plastic wedges, called slippery jims or something, which go under the wheels and slide, then its a case of winching it up onto the metal checkerplate, which is fairly slippery anyway. the whole bed tips up and an extension plate comes out the back like some WW2 landing craft !!!

Slippery Jims

same in reverse to get the car off with a bit of a jiggle on the slider mechanism.... all clever stuff and the bloke let me have a go of the winch too !! wooop wooop !!!

Diesel_DC

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Dazza,

You just wanted it to be as high as mine was didn't you

PMS at slippery Jims, sort of name you would expect to find in Romford market

GeorgeM

Hi Dazza,

sorry to hear about your problem!
I've seen this happen before on a friends
classic. (not our one)
I managed to get the car out of reverse by
starting the engine with clutch down and then
using the clutch to rock the car slightly.
Whilst doing this 'gently' smack the gearstick
out of gear. It took a few goes but does work
Seems the problem is in the selector mechanism
somewhere. The owner never did get it fixed,
but got used to doing this every now & then.
Might be worth a try!!

GeorgeM

WRX_Dazza

yeah, i was going to try that george, as i could definately feel the stick move a bit under load. knowing my luck the car will shoot back inot my neighbours new SL500 !!! - i will try it in the morning though. nowt to loose !

Tiny

Sorry shouldn't , But that had me branflakes all over the keyboard

yellowvanman

Dazza,

Sorry to read about your probs with the gearbox.

Once you have got the gearbox issue sorted,
You're running a Simtek aren't you? Simon - Jollygreenmonster has sorted out all the issues left by the previous tuner on Essexboy30's TA car. He is based in Kent, or is mobile and travels to you.

Supercue

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Sorry to hear this Fella I hope Georges idea works for you but if the car is airbourne via the kite I fail to see how the wheel lock up will come into play?
Obviously the landing maybe a tad tricky but I'm sure you could find an angle

rossi_p

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Oh dear..

Doesn't sound good fella... hope it isn't expensive to fix.

Anything I can do to help.. let me know.

All the best

customdanioc

Daz

My friend had exactly the same on his Wagooooooooooooon,
I can ask what he did to sort it, .................

Still the XR2 should be by far more fun....

essexboy30

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sorry to hear about your problems with the car the Dazza....
Once rolling i know simon will sort your mapping issues.

trails

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*****. hope its a cheap fix Daz

GeorgeM

good to see your fingers are working again andy- man flu on the mend??

V4JDMSTi

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Hope you manage to get it sorted dazza.

wongy

S**t dazza sorry to hear fella, hope its not to much to get the car back on the road mate

Supercue

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Not especially but I have the lappy and my fingers are working

Cornelius

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Sorry to see this Dazza