Odd gearbox issue

[LordHaveMurci]

Went to select 1st in my manual 3.4 996 earlier & it wasn't there! All other gears present & correct, car nicely warmed up.

Managed to pull away in 2nd (cluth loved that!) & drove half a mile or so to a safer stopping place & tried it again, BINGO, it's working fine?!

Drove 20ish miles with no issues at all, waht was it & do I need to worry about it returning?

[LordHaveMurci]

It just wouldn't select 1st, the shift was vague. Went into all other gears nice & positively as normal

[LordHaveMurci]

Thanks for the reply, I'm hoping it's as simple as gear shift mechanism or cable but why only 1st?

It wasn't something stopping the gear shift, 1st didn't engae & the stick felt sloppy & vague yet selected all other gears, odd!

I'm going to be really wary of using it now but if I book it in to the specialists it's working fine & they may nit find anything!

[LordHaveMurci]

MrJingles705 said:

Have you ever had any crunching in first? or 'pop out'?

No I haven't, that's the odd thing, happened with no warning & seems to bace gone again.

Clutch was replaced about 5yrs ago. Fluids always done as per service schedule so I assume clutch fluid has been done.

[LordHaveMurci]

Update!

After several months of being fine, it did it again last weekend so it was booked into a local indie, turns out the shift cables had come out of the clamps(?) that hold them in, all sorted now