missiontoejam

Hi guys i am having trouble selecting gears when my car warms up it fine when cold but after about 20 mins it will not go in to gear with out forcing it in any ideas what it might be.

BigChuck

what type of car, gearbox and clutch is it? whne did you lats do the clucth and when did you check the gear oil?

missiontoejam

its an l reg escort mk5 but the engine is a 1.8 16v efi zetec the bloke i had it off said he thinks its the release bearing but i have not got a clue it has had a new cable by the look of it but dont no about the clutch

Ginge !

i personally would start with the arm and work from there tbh, sounds like the lever isnt moving the clutch enough and your clutch is dragging rather that disengaging

missiontoejam

as it has had an engine change could it be that the person that changed it put the cable on for the old engine instead of the new or would that not make a difference. it was a 1.6 si is now a 1.8 zetec ???

missiontoejam

as it has had an engine change could it be that the person that changed it put the cable on for the old engine instead of the new or would that not make a difference. it was a 1.6 si is now a 1.8 zetec ???

tabetha

I'd start by changing the gearbox oil, or at the very least ensuring it is topped up as it should be.
If it was cable or bearing it would be the same all the time, it sounds as though either there isn't enough box oil or it's not a good grade, see it all the time, normally a lot of ford boxes use ATF, which can give a nice change in some, but on others gear oil works better even if meant to be atf.
Don't bank on the correct grade as listed by ford being any good, I put the correct castrol tqd in my cossie box, which was brand new, it was bloody awful, despite being the precise oil ford quoted, I put in the latest ATF, dexron 6, so much better, I couldn't even get 2nd gear before changing down on a brand new box!!
tabetha