Difficulty engaging gears
Discussion
Hi
I have a 1995 4.0 Chimaera and recently noticed when on long runs it can be difficult to engage gears - e.g. when recently pulling into a service station after 2 hours on the M6 I couldn't select any gears when changing down and had to coast into a parking bay. I could select the gears again after everything had cooled down.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I have a 1995 4.0 Chimaera and recently noticed when on long runs it can be difficult to engage gears - e.g. when recently pulling into a service station after 2 hours on the M6 I couldn't select any gears when changing down and had to coast into a parking bay. I could select the gears again after everything had cooled down.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi
Problem solved by replacing what turned out to be a leaking master cylinder - thanks to all for your help.
As noted from other posts, it was an absolute nightmare undoing the bottom bolt on the master cylinder !!
I eventually used a 13mm socket to hold the head of the bolt stationary - the socket was attached to an extension arm that was about 10cm in length.
The extension arm and socket just fitted underneath the cylinder with the ratchet parallel to the reservoir.
A friend could then easily undo/do-up the nut in the footwell.
Though I would mention this as it worked like a treat for me and might be useful for others.
Cheers
Paul
Problem solved by replacing what turned out to be a leaking master cylinder - thanks to all for your help.
As noted from other posts, it was an absolute nightmare undoing the bottom bolt on the master cylinder !!
I eventually used a 13mm socket to hold the head of the bolt stationary - the socket was attached to an extension arm that was about 10cm in length.
The extension arm and socket just fitted underneath the cylinder with the ratchet parallel to the reservoir.
A friend could then easily undo/do-up the nut in the footwell.
Though I would mention this as it worked like a treat for me and might be useful for others.
Cheers
Paul
Glad your problem was solved OP.
I have the opposite issue to this - in that there is never any problem getting INTO gear, but when warmed-up it can be almost impossible to get the gearstick OUT of gear...
I have never heard of this before, and cannot see the logic as to why this might be - however, sometimes I have to take my hand off and almost knock it out of gear...
I have had both Master/Slave and all connections checked (no leaks, full of oil), and pushing clutch to the floor (way beyond the bite point) makes no difference at all...
It almost feels like something has gone "sticky" (are there bushes here?) and is sticking the gearstick in position in a gluey-type manner...
Very bizarre. Not dangerous or anything, just one of those things you think "surely that shouldn't be like that?"...???
Any ideas..?
Dom
I have the opposite issue to this - in that there is never any problem getting INTO gear, but when warmed-up it can be almost impossible to get the gearstick OUT of gear...
I have never heard of this before, and cannot see the logic as to why this might be - however, sometimes I have to take my hand off and almost knock it out of gear...
I have had both Master/Slave and all connections checked (no leaks, full of oil), and pushing clutch to the floor (way beyond the bite point) makes no difference at all...
It almost feels like something has gone "sticky" (are there bushes here?) and is sticking the gearstick in position in a gluey-type manner...
Very bizarre. Not dangerous or anything, just one of those things you think "surely that shouldn't be like that?"...???
Any ideas..?
Dom
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