As above...

Basically I was driving up the road today doin no more than 40mph put the car in 5th then went to take it out and it was stuck solid in that gear. So anyways got a good matetoo tow me too the garage with my foot on the clutch got the car on the ramp and after trying on the selector to get it out cudnt but we noticed we could actually move the car by pushing without pressing the clutch pedal but if I started it then the clutch pedal had to be down or it would try and move forward with being in gear anybody know why it has stuck in 5th???

 

had this once on a rst and basically the box died, new ones can be sourced cheap

 

As above mate pooped gearbox.

 

Had this, mine blew a hole in the gearbox casing apparently the size of a fist, all I know is the oil went everywhere! New gearbox time, the biggest let down for me with the RST

 

Had this on mine years back. Just driving along went to 5th and it wouldn't come back out.

 

Had this happen to me on the way to national day in about '96. Basically the box was low on oil, I was trying to follow a 3dr at warp speed, went to change down when we got to the circuit and it wouldn't move. Once it cooled down it would come out of gear.

Drove home slowly as assumed the box was fubared anyway. Stripped it down, 5 gear selector fork showed signs of overheating and was scrap. Rebuilt the box with new bearings and was perfect after.

 

i had this on my s2 but it was on the ramp,the linkage shaft got stuck i removed the linkage and tapped the shaft back in luckily it unstuck itself and i never had any issues after that i know its a long shot cuz it sounds like your box is goosed but worth a try bud

 

because you bought it off damo lol

 

Yeah thanks Botters haha. Thanks guys if I can get it repaired then ile repair it too keep as a spare I've sourced another box thanks too Botters. it was jus wierd how it went I removed the selector and tried to take it out of gear by tapping the selector shaft but nothing...

 

The box in an RS Turbo is fords bullshit 5 speed job which is a 4 speed with a 5th bolted onto the box.

The selector in 5th is weak and runs out of oil.

It will either jump out of fifth or stick in fifth.

Time for a repair........ or new box.

 

With out reading anyone else's posts and just replying to the thread title my answer is this

It's a shitty old ford and its most likely broken

And yes I too love series 2's.