Hi All,

51 Plate Mk1 Ford Focus 'Silver' with the 1.6 Zetec engine.

Selecting third is very strange, the lever doesn't 'pull' across the gate into the middle like all the other fords i've driven, is this normal or is there a spring on the linkage which has probably snapped?

Anyone got any pictures? M/cat or similar?

Thanks

Matt

 

Hi Yes Its quite common for the spring to go on an IB5 Box we sell loads of them in work! Only a couple of quid!

 

Thats good to know, don't suppose you have any more details of them, part number etc or can you describe where its supposed to go? As i haven't got the old one fitted i think i have no idea where to start looking for the mountings.

Thanks

Matt

 

had the same go on my 01 focus, the return spring is a common fault & your parts man should know the part well. easy fitted by removing 3 star head screws on top of the linkage & replace the spring. its a 5 min job

 

Ah, so its and in'car thing, not underneath by the gearbox, that makes like easier.

Cheers, I'll give Ford a call in the morning.

Matt

 

off the top of my head i think the finis code is 1132609 but i will check in work 2moz!!

 

Hi all, got a spring today, FINIS 1142069, £4.42 retail including VAT. Going to try and fit it later.

Cheers All

Matt

 

All done, a little fiddely as stated but not too bad, about ten minutes doing it by torch light in the mouth, the car is much better now, thanks everyone

Matt

 

mines been the same since january but i just live with it but now its only 5 quid i might just pop to the scrappy and rob one lol

 

You'll probably go to all that effort to get one out of a scrappy car and they'll charge you a fiver Unless you're a 5-finger discounter of course.

Common problem, piece of piss to fix. Just don't take the car to Ford to have it fixed as it's a brilliant excuse for them to charge you a fortune!!!