Gear Change

[julesby]

Looked at a 93 Chim today, had a S3 last and wanted to upgrade, however the car had a funny 5th gear. You could accelerate up through gears 1-2-3-5 but if you went from 4th to 5th it would grind or jump out, anyone got any ideas about this?

[dontknowmuch]

None at all but my N reg Chimaera is a bu**er to shift quickly from 2nd to 3rd. Gets baulked. I think it would help if the spring loading was stronger.

[shnozz]

I had an S3 and now a 93 Chim. The gear linkages in them are renowned for breaking on the earlier cars especially. In fact, mine has been off the road for the last 2 weeks due to the very same problem and now being unable to select any gear

PS - whereabouts in Hants are you?

[julesby]

I live in Southampton, I had a great S, but began to leak and become unreliable so Im looking for a newer model. Cant decide on the Chimaera or the Cerbera. Have a S Type Jag at mo that Im trying to sell and a very nice boat.

[dannyboyo]

Never had any problem with this on mine mate, mind you, a '93 Chim will have a rover gearbox and mine has a borg warner box (post '95 i think). So maybe it's a feature of the rover box!

Pretty sure it shouldn't do that though, could mean a new or reconditioned gearbox in the next couple of thousand miles

[the dodger]

I had a wedge ($.0L) before the Chim which had the Rover Vitesse box. 5th was a bit tricky to select from 4th - seemed like you needed to go further fwd and a bit to the right to engage - or it would instantly pop out. Done slowly and deliberately it was OK.

BW-T5 in the Chim is easier - but still a slow change to 5th.

[dannyboyo]

the dodger said:

BW-T5 in the Chim is easier - but still a slow change to 5th.

Agreed dodger, it's like you just have to softly hold the stick in the direction of 5th and it slips in when it feels like it.

[Heath24]

dontknowmuch said:

None at all but my N reg Chimaera is a bu**er to shift quickly from 2nd to 3rd. Gets baulked. I think it would help if the spring loading was stronger.

Mines the same, got the BW T5 box, I have been told its a worn baulk ring, only effecting 2-3. Austec Racing @ Crawley say should be able to get away with just having that replaced not a complete refurb, and that it could last some considerable time before failure anyway.