andy1066

Think my gearbox is unwell!
Iwas giving the car some welly and went to change from 2nd to 3rd ,gear lever is now stuck in the neutral postition and wont go into any gear!any advice appreciated,cheers.

mickywrx

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It's fecked and you've stripped 2nd gear, would be my guess. Been there, makes an impressive noise when it goes.

GMballistic

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When the car's running does the gearbox sound like a blender with a lot of nuts & bolts thrown in to it?.....then it's broke.
If it's just stuck in neutral then maybe the linkage (selector) has become detached/broken possibly?
When my box went there was no mistaking that....was an aweful noise even when standing still. On another car I used to own the gear selector got damaged after I ran over someones spare wheel that fell off in front of me whilst I was driving one day. This resulted in me being only able to select a few gears but it was driveable. Just a suggestion, goodluck with it

andy1066

no noises with engine running but cant select any gear.cheers

GMballistic

iTrader: (1)

Does it grind when you try and select a gear? (maybe a clutch issue) or just flat refuse?(like somethings stopping it?)
Maybe someone else could shed some more light on this but I'm thinking some sort of linkage (selector) has gone possibly. You'd know if you've stripped a gear because you should be able to hear all the little bits of metal (the teeth) flying around in the box.

Splitpin

If the stick is literally jammed solid, you've probably bent the ends of one or more of the selector rods, and shoved the shift arm down between them. Whatever the ultimate cause, the gearbox will almost certainly need to come out.