SOOOOOO fookin difficult to get into reverse gear... sometimes itjust dont wanna engage... temperemental

doing my tits in

oh well, good job ive got a B&M quickshift coming tomorrow so it'll sort out that little problem... lol i must be psychic

so guys, you MAY have to help me push the car backwards tonight

 

how exactly is the B&M gonna help, it just reduces shift movement!
or is it not a synchro problem?

 

B&m replaces the whole gearstick n linkage n shit, also its new so not worn

also bloke fitting it can havea good old butchers whilst he's sorting it

ps its an MT75

 

What box have you got?
If its a t5 try engaging 4th gear and then reverse
hope that might be of help to you

 

oh and the liftup bit on the lever is fucked so it may be that

 

B&M Shifters are totally shite IMO Hated mine back to standard now,even karl didnt like it either he took it off the box i sold him so if you want 1 for a t5 box mail karl im sure u will get it at a good price.
Tim

 

Seconded.

My mate has to do this,otherwise reversing aint happening

 

Tim,

That always seems to be the case on T5s. Bro has one too, and it makes the change feel so hit and miss..........

 

There's no syncromesh on reverse. Slotting into 4th first slows it down a bit and lets it engage easier( thats what i do ).

 

oops, forgetting its a V6, what box is in those anyway?

 

quick shift aint good on a t5, shifts too quick for the gears, ask bernie, he dont like em either i belive

a cossie aint got a long shift anyway, but the 2.0glsi has a fooking silly shift

 

the box is a RWD MT75 :P

 

Did one of your other posts say the lift up collar is inside your gaiter?

If so, you probably aren't lifting it all the way, and there is a metal pin that stops the lever moving across.

If you put the gaiter down below the collar where it should be, so you can use the lift-up properly, it could solve the problem.

 

all sorted now

would like to say a big thanks to bernie for talking me through some possibilities earlier

also a big thanks to craig @ the place i cant rememer the name of (cossymad's mechanic) for fixing it... and for cossymad for putting me intouch

it was the rubber gaiter around the gearstick getting stuck where the lift up reverse gate was, so you couldnt pull the gearlever far enuf back to engage properly i'm SOOOO glad its sorted now as it was getting embarrasing having people help me pusht the car backwards

also got the quickshift on there now... its BRILLIANT!