gear selection

[andy390se]

3 weeks to bbwf take car out for 4 great hours driving !
turn into my road 2nd gear selection feels like i can feel all the internal workings through the stick! keep the clutch down and you can hear it also lift clutch to continue driving alls well.
doesent do it in any other gear and no sign of clutch slip fluid is fine and pedal feels fine.
help needed clocks ticking!!!!!!!!!!
ta andy

[350Matt]

when did you last change the oil?

Use Castrol 75W-90 if you do change it, also check the condition of the remote housing bushes these can go very floppy and make the gear selection very hit and miss, its just a std rover part.

Matt

[ed_crouch]

It could be a selector bush collapsed so you are getting metal-to metal contact. That would transmit much more vibration through into the cabin.

If this is the problem, then theres prolly nothing wrong apart from the knackered bush: it just needs replacing to correct the issue.

Dad had a similar problem on a BMW gearbox once. New bush: problem gone.

How far can you wobble the gearlever when it in neutral?

Mines got a slop of about 1cm (IIRC) at the top of the lever.

Ed.

[andy390se]

i hope it is as simple as a bush, how hard to do and where do you access it from if its a garage job will it be costly?
i think the red 400(4.6) in the classifieds had a simular prob sorted out recently dont know who owns it though (any one on here)
all help gratefull bbwf in a seat alhambra just wont be the same!!!

[ed_crouch]

If its a bush, then its not exactly simple im afraid. If you can do the job through the gearchange hole in the tunnel, then excellent, but I fear it may need to be done from under the car, which is a total git.

Is it getting worse, or liveable with for now?

Ed.

[ed_crouch]

Been doing a little reading:

Is it having trouble getting second, or does it go in fine? If its grumpy about going into 2nd gear than you could have a leggy synchro ring on second gear.

This is bad news.

However, like I say, if it goes in to 2nd OK, this is unlikely to be the cause.

Ed.

[andy390se]

dont know about livable yet dont think so.
it finds 2nd fine goes stright in just not smoothly so hopfully its a bush going to ring garage in the morning get them to check it out will let you know fingers crossed.
roll on bb alhambra fest

[Wedg1e]

Erm... it's not just the rubber bushes on the gearshift extension is it?

[TVRleigh]

As we are on gears,

It's been so long I cant remember where reverse is.

[adam quantrill]

The telltale symptom of the bush problem is hot much the gear lever moves if you pull it up vertically. If it's nore than a few mm then the bushes are on the way out.

In extreme cases the gear selector will bounce on the propshaft with amusing results!

The bushes aren't _that_ hard to replace, you just have to stick your arm up there from below and fumble around. It took me about 30 or 40 minutes.

[mhardy]

adam quantrill said:

The telltale symptom of the bush problem is hot much the gear lever moves if you pull it up vertically. If it's nore than a few mm then the bushes are on the way out.

In extreme cases the gear selector will bounce on the propshaft with amusing results!

The bushes aren't _that_ hard to replace, you just have to stick your arm up there from below and fumble around. It took me about 30 or 40 minutes.

Absolut right...try to pull your gear lever up 2 or 3 mm is on mine. it's quite easy to do.

good luck

[andy390se]

gear selector bushes are shagged nice people at tvrfix ewell are getting me back on the road.