my gearbox drops out of 5th. any cheap fixes?

[yobbosayo]

when I put the car in 5th it jumps into neutral pretty much straight away.
is a replacement gearbox the only solution?

[ezy10s]

only cheap fix would be to put your knee against it to hold it in gera!
off to the gearbox fixerupperers otherwise

[l1ttle_d3vil]

only cheap fix would be to put your knee against it to hold it in gera!

that seemed to work for me - just had to drive with the seat quite far back.

then the turbo blew up and the cars been off the road since...

[sopachrga]

I would not hurt to check the gearbox and engine mounts, If the gearbox is moving around a bit it could cause this.

[Dr-X]

Yup, check your mounts, and check the linkages right. What kind of car?

[thaphatty]

possibly worn detents/selector shafts/broken detent springs?

yerp fixable

if you dont do it yourself someone will charge you through the ass for it though.

good luck to ye

[Caveman]

You can get box's reconditioned for about $600 depending on wear. Thats what they quoted us but that was just for synco's, bearings and seals. If you've worn your teeth it could be quite costly.

[Muzzie]

I had this problem in my 1980 Charade.

First I just used my knee to jam it in 5th, then it got annoying so grabbed some number 8 wire, looped it aorund the dash mount and then looped the end so it just fit over the end - was tight enough to hold it in 5th, worked a treat!

[kingcorolla]

I had this problem in my 1980 Charade.

First I just used my knee to jam it in 5th, then it got annoying so grabbed some number 8 wire, looped it aorund the dash mount and then looped the end so it just fit over the end - was tight enough to hold it in 5th, worked a treat!

Thats rough as guts!!..



i like it

[Muzzie]

I had this problem in my 1980 Charade.

First I just used my knee to jam it in 5th, then it got annoying so grabbed some number 8 wire, looped it aorund the dash mount and then looped the end so it just fit over the end - was tight enough to hold it in 5th, worked a treat!

Thats rough as guts!!..



i like it

Pain in the ass to drop down to pass anyone though hehehe.

[neo]

I had the a similar problem after I got my mazda 323 box recon'd. With that box they could fix it without removing the box (just the end / gasket section).

[ee904age]

I had this problem in my 1980 Charade.

First I just used my knee to jam it in 5th, then it got annoying so grabbed some number 8 wire, looped it aorund the dash mount and then looped the end so it just fit over the end - was tight enough to hold it in 5th, worked a treat!

Thats rough as guts!!..



i like it

Pain in the ass to drop down to pass anyone though hehehe.

Your 1980 Charade could pass??? Guess that was an optional extra.

[yobbosayo]

heh, no. 8 wire eh? I was thinking about using a piece of elastic or a big rubber band but wire would be so much cooler! and yeah, I've been using the knee trick or just holding it but it gets a bit hairy when I want to turn the lights on or adjust the radio!!

It's a NZ ae82 liftback. Dr-X I don't think it's the mounts cos it got progressively worse when I was driving around the south island. Over about 1000k's it went from nothing to jumping out immediately. So it must be the other stuff. I should get a quote from a gearbox place i suppose

[Muzzie]

I had this problem in my 1980 Charade.

First I just used my knee to jam it in 5th, then it got annoying so grabbed some number 8 wire, looped it aorund the dash mount and then looped the end so it just fit over the end - was tight enough to hold it in 5th, worked a treat!

Thats rough as guts!!..



i like it

Pain in the ass to drop down to pass anyone though hehehe.

Your 1980 Charade could pass??? Guess that was an optional extra.

LOL, that little 3 cylinder sewing machine could move actually. 7k redline, would happily cruise at 130 - and was capable of more.

Great little car

[thaphatty]

oh yea and youd want to be careful using limbs to hold it in gear, in certain situations (cant remember why off the top of my head, and this ripped $&#$% if im going to try) it can ping out of gear, with the full load of the engine pushing that gearlever back, i've sprained my left arm many times on one of my old gboxes, and i know a couple of people that have broken thumbs and wrists.

needs to be pretty damn rooted though

[yobbosayo]

well, the saga continues. I replaced the gearbox and that fixed it... for a while. but about 1000k later it started happening again. So i checked the front and rear engine mounts and sure enough, they were shagged. I've just replaced the back one but it hasn't made any difference to the problem. Maybe if I replace the front one it might, I'm not sure.

or maybe the replacement gearbox was shagged too, cos it was a second-hand one. but's funny how the problem just gets worse over time.

[spencer]

you went to all the effort of changing the box and didnt check the mounts that are bolted to it? happened to me in my ae92 and it was the mounts

[yobbosayo]

I did check the mounts when I did the gearbox and I noticed they weren't the best, but everything I had heard pointed to worn synchos, so I thought I would leave the mounts for the time being

[Caveman]

Is your car FWD or RWD? or 4WD?

[Corona]

when I put the car in 5th it jumps into neutral pretty much straight away.
is a replacement gearbox the only solution?

My bro in law has the sam problem with his primera, hos mate told him to sticka 4 speed knob on it and flog it off, but he descided to get it fixed. $2k ater he was wishing he ad floged it off