no not the bleedin program, mine, its dissapeared ,

when driving to receive my mot failure today,i tried to find fifth gear and,it went into the gate,but just revved like it was in neutral?

the previous owner assures me the clutch and gearbox were new before its layup,so weres mine gone,?(as ive not had it up to them speeds until now for legal reasons)

it still has an lsd,and as i say goes into the gate,just well nothing, no grinding,shakes or crunching,and no gear selected?

did notice it a bit hard to select third on the way home tho!

 

Have heard of people having the same problem

I'm sure i've heard something about people trying to drain the oil out of the boxes and getting the wrong plug/bolt. Doing this causes the fifth gear to some how end up in the bottom of the box. No grinding or noise, just the loss of the gear.

I could be totally wrong though!

It has been known once or twice.

 

which ones which then? coz if i havta strip it illneed to know which to drain from?

pics if poss.

 

its always in the last place you look

i had a box do that once
lost 5th, then 3rd then 1st then i took the box out never fitted another and scrapped the car

shame was a almost mint mk1 fiesta decked with 16cvh conv etc etc

 

thanks mate ,its very inspiring

ian, how did your mates or the peeps you heard about,find this out,or rather how did they fix it,drop and split the box ????

 

you sure it not just the selectors needs lining up?

 

sorted,the gearboxman pointed me some directions,and ive sorted it with his help,

the selector mech was not engaged in the housing.

cheers stuart