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Offline Vithu06

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Car not going into gear sometimes
« on: June 08, 2017, 02:55:20 am »
Hi everyone, I'm having a small problem with my car as it doesn't go into gear sometimes I mostly get this in reverse and I have put it in neutral let go of the clutch and put it back into reverse.

 I only get this with reverse,1st and 2nd all the other gears go in fine. I've read before you can change a plastic piece under the gear sector.

It's a six speed gear with 120000 miles

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Re: Car not going into gear sometimes
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2017, 09:29:07 am »
At that age, it could be the slave cylinder, knackered clutch or excessive gear shaft end float.   


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Re: Car not going into gear sometimes
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2017, 01:12:19 pm »
It's not slotting in

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Re: Car not going into gear sometimes
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2017, 09:48:36 pm »
Could always try the gear syncro trick, worth a go and it's something you can do yourself.

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Re: Car not going into gear sometimes
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2017, 07:58:56 am »
Try re-aligning the gear shift cables in case it is not allowing proper selection of the gears

Failing that you either have a clutch issue or a gearbox issue as has already been said
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Re: Car not going into gear sometimes
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2017, 11:08:06 pm »
Thanks a lot guys